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Miz Kriss
Mar 17, 2009

It's only an avatar if the Cubs get swept.

multiple goons posted:

[team name] ARE DOGSHIT GARBAGE

https://twitter.com/michael_cerami/status/1675688230367232001?s=46&t=lRl8HNC2dXvuRHcXaz1cXw
https://twitter.com/classicshelb/status/1686871010010595328?s=46&t=lRl8HNC2dXvuRHcXaz1cXw
We are gathered here to mourn the loss of the following teams' playoff chances. Here, we can cry, get angry, and live by the all too familiar Cubs motto "there's always next year." Which manager deserves to be launched into the sun? Who needs to sell the team? Why are there so many pitchforks?

Whether these teams fell into some bad luck at the wrong time, were too injured to go on, or forever riding in that continuously running tank with no end in sight, there is one thing they all have in common: These teams are dogshit garbage.

    :rip: TIMELINE OF LOSERS :rip:

  • August 23, 2023
    The Oakland Athletics are eliminated from playoff contention.

  • August 30, 2023
    The Kansas City Royals are eliminated from playoff contention.

  • September 7 8, 2023
    The Colorado Rockies are eliminated from playoff contention

  • September 10, 2023
    The Chicago White Sox are eliminated from playoff contention

  • September 17, 2023
    The Los Angeles Angels are eliminated from playoff contention

  • September 18, 2023
    The Washington Nationals are eliminated from playoff contention

  • September 19, 2023
    The St Louis Cardinals are eliminated from playoff contention

  • September 20, 2023
    The Boston Red Sox are eliminated from playoff contention

  • September 22, 2023
    The New York Mets are eliminated from playoff contention
    The Cleveland Guardians are eliminated from playoff contention
    The Detroit Tigers are eliminated from playoff contention

  • September 24, 2023
    The New York Yankees are eliminated from playoff contention

  • September 26, 2023
    The San Francisco Giants are eliminated from playoff contention

  • September 29, 2023
    The San Diego Padres are eliminated from playoff contention

  • September 30, 2023
    The Chicago Cubs are eliminated from playoff contention
    Playoff brackets are set

    :rip: PLAYOFF LOSERS :rip:

  • October 4, 2023
    The Tampa Bay Rays lose the Wild Card Series 0-2
    The Toronto Blue Jays lose the Wild Card Series 0-2
    The Milwaulkee Brewers lose the Wild Card Series 0-2
    The Miami Marlins lose the Wild Card Series 0-2

  • October 10, 2023
    The Baltimore Orioles lose the Divisional Series 0-3

  • October 11, 2023
    The Minnesota Twins lose the Divisional Series 1-3
    The Los Angeles Dodgers lose the Divisional Series 0-3

  • October 12, 2023
    The Atlanta Braves lose the Divisional Series 1-3

  • October 23, 2023
    The Houston Astros lose the Championship Series 3-4

  • October 24, 2023
    The Philadelphia Phillies lose the Championship Series 3-4

  • November 1, 2023
    The Arizona Diamondbacks lose the World Series 1-4

Miz Kriss fucked around with this message at 02:43 on Nov 3, 2023

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Intruder
Mar 5, 2003

make the dogshit garbage meme bannable IMO :colbert:

Kevlar v2.0
Dec 25, 2003

=^•⩊•^=

Intruder posted:

make the dogshit garbage meme bannable IMO :colbert:

This post is dogshit garbage

Darude - Adam Sandstorm
Aug 16, 2012

Kevlar v2.0 posted:

This post is dogshit garbage

Baba Oh Really
May 21, 2005
Get 'ER done


Intruder posted:

make the dogshit garbage meme bannable IMO :colbert:

Why do you hate fun?

also

Kevlar v2.0 posted:

This post is dogshit garbage

R.D. Mangles
Jan 10, 2004


steele vs. webb should be a cool matchup

will_colorado
Jun 30, 2007

my guys will be here soon

Miz Kriss
Mar 17, 2009

It's only an avatar if the Cubs get swept.
I keep wondering when the other shoe is gonna drop for the Cubs and if it’ll be right before or during playoffs :ohdear:

In the meantime, I found this dumb thing about Oakland
https://twitter.com/michaelschwab13/status/1697440526390157693?s=46&t=lRl8HNC2dXvuRHcXaz1cXw

Anderson Koopa
Jun 9, 2006

will_colorado posted:

my guys will be here soon

Boston Red Sox should join shortly.

Redeye Flight
Mar 26, 2010

God, I'm so tired. What the hell did I post last night?
By pure mathematics, the Rockies, Mets, and Nats have all hit their elimination numbers at this point. The Rockies are basically completely out; the Mets and Nats could still hypothetically make the Wild Card, but making up 7.5 and 9.5 games in September is one hell of a tall order.

TV Zombie
Sep 6, 2011

Burying all the trauma from past nights
Burying my anger in the past

With the Mets virtually eliminated, I'm intrigued about the younger mets getting regular playing time now and next year hopefully (damnit buck) though I lament the state of the rotation (megill, Peterson ugh)

Shinjobi
Jul 10, 2008


Gravy Boat 2k
Gonna go ahead and make some room for the Texas Rangers.

mdemone
Mar 14, 2001

https://i.imgur.com/mal14QB.gifv

Intruder
Mar 5, 2003

what''s with the weird greenscreen effects on his arm

was this also a standin

mdemone
Mar 14, 2001

Intruder posted:

what''s with the weird greenscreen effects on his arm

was this also a standin

That's really weird. Only looks that way when I upload to Imgur. Who knows

will_colorado
Jun 30, 2007

officially in the E club

Miz Kriss
Mar 17, 2009

It's only an avatar if the Cubs get swept.

Miz Kriss posted:

    :rip: TIMELINE OF LOSERS :rip:

    August 23, 2023
    The Oakland Athletics are eliminated from playoff contention.

    August 30, 2023
    The Kansas City Royals are eliminated from playoff contention.

    September 7, 2023
    The Colorado Rockies are eliminated from playoff contention


Any other E club teams I need to add?

Miz Kriss fucked around with this message at 03:46 on Sep 23, 2023

Kevlar v2.0
Dec 25, 2003

=^•⩊•^=

Miz Kriss posted:

Any other E club teams I need to add?

Eliminated from division: Royals, A's, Mets, Nats, Rockies

Eliminated from WC: White Sox, Royals, A's

I think Colorado is mathematically still alive with an elimination number of 3 in the WC, but I don't think that takes matchups for the rest of the season into account.

Miz Kriss
Mar 17, 2009

It's only an avatar if the Cubs get swept.
I see I was a day early for the Rockies

Salvor_Hardin
Sep 13, 2005

I want to go protest.
Nap Ghost

I was DH on my highschool team so I practiced contact juggling like this every time our team was in the field. I eventually bought a 4" acrylic ball that is a better size but its a cool as hell hobby.

Fun fact: David Bowie did not do the crystal ball thing in Labyrinth. They brought in Michael Moschen to do it as a stunt hand.

Intruder
Mar 5, 2003

thats not a fun fact at all, that's in fact a very upsetting fact

fast cars loose anus
Mar 2, 2007

Pillbug
I thought everyone knew it was a dude in a suit behind him

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3U8fTAHxjdo

Salvor_Hardin
Sep 13, 2005

I want to go protest.
Nap Ghost

fast cars loose anus posted:

I thought everyone knew it was a dude in a suit behind him

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3U8fTAHxjdo

Yeah, its this guy, who kicks rear end

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjHoedoSUXY

Bismack Billabongo
Oct 9, 2012

Wet
The cardinals technically aren’t eliminated yet, mathematically, but they basically are so I’m gonna do a write up

Bismack Billabongo
Oct 9, 2012

Wet
Cardinals sucked!!

Going down the cardinals roster, basically every single player underachieved to some degree. Jordan walker came closest to being what I had hoped for and Paul Goldschmidt was still good, just not MVP good.

Contreras definitely picked things up in the back half of the season, it was still a bad signing but I am happy for him, he showed resilience and fortitude. The teams beat writers have been hedging and hemming and hawing on whether he’ll be catching next year so I guess he’s in line to be slapped down by management lol. Poor guy.

Arenado was disappointing this year, pretty streaky and his defense was a lot worse than usual. The messy outfielder situation ended up being exactly as horrible as I thought, Carlson was hurt and bad and then O’Neill was hurt and slightly less bad but still bad. Neither of these oafs should be in line for any chance at starting next season. Walker, nootbaar, edman. The end.

Gorman was ok I guess, he was a dinger machine but didn’t hit consistently or take walks which is kind of the book on him. Wouldn’t be surprised to see him or Brendan Donovan get traded in a deal for a pitcher.

The pitching was an absolute nightmare. Wainwright hosed up and should not have come back this season. Mikolas was bad. Flaherty was bad. Jake woodford was bad. Matz was bad, then good, then hurt, what a surprise. Montgomery was good at least. At this point I think you can put mikolas down in pen as a starter next season but otherwise who knows. Matz is a question mark and all of the AAA guys they brought up to replace Matz/Monty/flaherty have been too inconsistent to count on. Hoping they try to sign one of the overseas guys.

Marmol and mozeliak are both going to be brought back so I don’t see any point in bitching about the piss poor job they both did this year. Mozeliak at least had a track record of making ok moves at the deadline when necessary on top of the obvious history of winning seasons, but this year was such an embarrassment, poo poo has to be done differently. Marmol was totally exposed this season, everybody thought he was a patsy yes man hire from the start and guess what, everybody was right.

...!
Oct 5, 2003

I SHOULD KEEP MY DUMB MOUTH SHUT INSTEAD OF SPEWING HORSESHIT ABOUT THE ORBITAL MECHANICS OF THE JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE.

CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME WHAT A LAGRANGE POINT IS?
Should probably go ahead and put the Mariners on the list, it's inevitable :colbert:

Miz Kriss
Mar 17, 2009

It's only an avatar if the Cubs get swept.
The Timeline of Losers has another entry.

    :rip: TIMELINE OF LOSERS :rip:

  • August 23, 2023
    The Oakland Athletics are eliminated from playoff contention.

  • August 30, 2023
    The Kansas City Royals are eliminated from playoff contention.

  • September 7 8, 2023
    The Colorado Rockies are eliminated from playoff contention

  • September 10, 2023
    The Chicago White Sox are eliminated from playoff contention

Miz Kriss fucked around with this message at 03:47 on Sep 23, 2023

MrMidnight
Aug 3, 2006

RIP White Sox. We enjoyed your many failures. The saddest of the fallen so far

Redeye Flight
Mar 26, 2010

God, I'm so tired. What the hell did I post last night?
The E Club has gained new members today -- the White Sox, of course, but also the San Diego Padres, who are still in the Wild Card running (if an increasingly long shot at 8 games back) but have now been knocked out of division contention.

While I recognize that it's probably painful as hell, I'd appreciate hearing from any Dads fans what the hell happened this year. The Padres are by far the best-looking of the teams currently in the E Club, with a run differential almost 100 higher than anyone else currently eliminated from division and around 70 over either of the two teams ahead of them as runners-up to the Dodgers.

The Pussy Boss
Nov 2, 2004

Redeye Flight posted:

The E Club has gained new members today -- the White Sox, of course, but also the San Diego Padres, who are still in the Wild Card running (if an increasingly long shot at 8 games back) but have now been knocked out of division contention.

While I recognize that it's probably painful as hell, I'd appreciate hearing from any Dads fans what the hell happened this year. The Padres are by far the best-looking of the teams currently in the E Club, with a run differential almost 100 higher than anyone else currently eliminated from division and around 70 over either of the two teams ahead of them as runners-up to the Dodgers.

They are 6-22 in one-run games, which apparently is the worst/unluckiest in almost a century: https://www.si.com/fannation/mlb/fa...r-last-90-years. If their actual record matched their pythag they'd be 79-65 and hold the first wildcard.

Kevlar v2.0
Dec 25, 2003

=^•⩊•^=
Aren't the Padres also like 0-11 in extra innings games?

live with fruit
Aug 15, 2010
https://twitter.com/CodifyBaseball/status/1700922891708367096

Bregor
May 31, 2013

People are idiots, Leslie.
New thread title: Every team is shite sox

Miz Kriss
Mar 17, 2009

It's only an avatar if the Cubs get swept.
Apparently the E number for the Yankees is 1, so if they lose today it would be both hilarious and a big yikes moment.

will_colorado
Jun 30, 2007

Miz Kriss posted:

Apparently the E number for the Yankees is 1, so if they lose today it would be both hilarious and a big yikes moment.

that's just the division iirc, they still have like 12 left for the WC

https://www.mlb.com/standings/wild-card/2023-09-11

Miz Kriss
Mar 17, 2009

It's only an avatar if the Cubs get swept.

will_colorado posted:

that's just the division iirc, they still have like 12 left for the WC

https://www.mlb.com/standings/wild-card/2023-09-11

Well dang. I need to remember the E number is for division and not the entire season cause I did the same drat thing for the Rockies :cripes:

will_colorado
Jun 30, 2007

Miz Kriss posted:

Well dang. I need to remember the E number is for division and not the entire season cause I did the same drat thing for the Rockies :cripes:


it's not your fault, the MLB site lists standings stupidly. They don't have a single tragic number, they list separate elimination numbers depending on if you are viewing the division or WC
https://www.mlb.com/standings/2023-09-11

Redeye Flight
Mar 26, 2010

God, I'm so tired. What the hell did I post last night?
It would still be very funny, though.

R.D. Mangles
Jan 10, 2004


bye bye cardinals

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Bregor
May 31, 2013

People are idiots, Leslie.

R.D. Mangles posted:

bye bye cardinals



lol. lmao

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