MLB Divisional Series GDT: It really messes up my college football watching

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Miz Kriss: Mar 17, 2009; It's only an avatar if the Cubs get swept.

https://twitter.com/bnightengale/status/1710408767144435811?s=46&t=lRl8HNC2dXvuRHcXaz1cXw

Good morning and welcome to the next round of postseason baseball!
https://twitter.com/mlb/status/1710657479758193152?s=46&t=lRl8HNC2dXvuRHcXaz1cXw

Here are your matchups for this round
:frogsiren:

American League Division Series: The bag cereal option :frogsiren:

Compared to the social media storm yesterday, the entire AL has been fairly quiet this week. Here are your teams.
https://twitter.com/tweyant/status/1710363263064543425?s=46

Texas Rangers vs Baltimore Orioles

Baltimore Orioles: The Better Bird Team
Baltimore was a surprise for me. However, I choose to believe in the power of a baseball cap fellow goon Dr Kyle Farnsworth bought at a truck stop in rural Appalachia during a cross country move with his two cats. In reality, it�s probably because Baltimore has had a really good farm system, but I want to believe
https://twitter.com/orioles/status/1709984648317600088?s=46&t=lRl8HNC2dXvuRHcXaz1cXw
Texas Rangers: Go and Take It
I don�t know much about the Rangers. They�re usually outshone by the more successful Houston, but this year the stars shone bright deep in their hearts and after humiliating Tampa Bay in the Wild Card round, they�re ready to prove who the better Texas team is.
https://twitter.com/rangers/status/1710344207502819416?s=46&t=lRl8HNC2dXvuRHcXaz1cXw

Minnesota Twins vs Houston Astros

Minnesota Twins: Putting the �win� back in Twins
The AL Central is a disaster. Whoever wins that division is more the one who survived instead of the best team. The last time the Twins won a postseason game was when I was in high school. They�ve now passed that torch to Toronto.
https://twitter.com/urinatingtree/status/1709349370540281990?s=46&t=lRl8HNC2dXvuRHcXaz1cXw
Houston Astros: Defending the crown
The defending World Series champions almost didn�t get their bye round. They were battling with the Rangers for the division win and just barely won that at the last minute. Let�s see if they�re just as good as they have been the past few years.
https://twitter.com/astros/status/1710448099607396820?s=46&t=lRl8HNC2dXvuRHcXaz1cXw

National League Divisional Series: Good vibes vs Bad vibes :frogsiren:

https://twitter.com/bgardnerfanclub/status/1710658847617200590?s=46
The National League has been loud. Tensions are high, especially between one of the matchups. I considered making a separate thread for them, but I�m a bit crunched for time.

Philadelphia Phillies vs Atlanta Braves

Philadelphia Phillies: a taxonomy of different dirtbag boyfriend varietals
Hooo boy, here we go. The Phillies are chaos elementals, and they�re fans even more so. Honestly I welcome the chaos, but it also might because I miss Kyle Schwarber and Nick Castellanos
https://twitter.com/kdcaseywrites/status/1709768962664268057?s=20
Atlanta Braves: Postseason Pecan Pie
The Atlanta Braves are good. And will let everyone know about it. They have video montages premade and ready to drop at crucial moments. Their mascot tried to make a dig at the Phanatic and was roasted for the rest of the day.
https://twitter.com/PanasonicDX4500/status/1710458027671785843#m

Arizona Diamondbacks vs Los Angeles Dodgers

Arizona Diamondbacks: Ride the Snake
The DBacks have embraced the chaos that is postseason baseball. They�re the wild card in name and in pick.
https://twitter.com/dbacks/status/1709770482906501566?s=46&t=lRl8HNC2dXvuRHcXaz1cXw
Los Angeles Dodgers: Ol� reliable
Yeah yeah, they�re here every year. It�s been what? 7 times in a row? Sure. Let�s see if they make it to a full season World Series championship
https://twitter.com/dodgers/status/1710686425572634887?s=46&t=lRl8HNC2dXvuRHcXaz1cXw

TODAY�S SCHEDULE :frogsiren:

Rangers at Baltimore has been delayed to 2:15ET
https://twitter.com/mlb/status/1710643638303179022?s=46&t=lRl8HNC2dXvuRHcXaz1cXw

Miz Kriss fucked around with this message at 23:56 on Oct 7, 2023

# ? Oct 7, 2023 18:03

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# ? Apr 29, 2024 08:14

...!: 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?

The Orioles purposely caused the bad weather. Shameful

# ? Oct 7, 2023 18:07

blossommirage: Nov 7, 2012

The Gods make another foolish attempt to stop Joan Jett. It will not work.

# ? Oct 7, 2023 18:16

...!: 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?

blossommirage posted:

The Gods make another foolish attempt to stop Joan Jett. It will not work.

# ? Oct 7, 2023 18:24

Redeye Flight: Mar 26, 2010; God, I'm so tired. What the hell did I post last night?

Your Minnesota Twins this year are a strange breed, for Minnesota. The Twins have prided themselves on the long ball for years now, and the team is still built for that. The Twins strike out A LOT. Like, literally setting an all-time record this year for strikeouts. The offense finally woke up some after the All-Star but in general, the bats have struggled this year. They haven't been ABSENT, though -- Max Kepler managed a complete turnaround from his disastrous initial season, Michael A. Taylor reminded everyone that he actually was a power hitter before the Nats tried to break it out of him, Correa managed to put some things together on that side of the ball, and frankly if you don't know who Royce Lewis is, what are you even doing? And we haven't even talked about the rest of the roster, like French-Canadian phenom Edouard Julien, local boy Matt Wallner, spicy new star Alex Kiriloff... there's a lot of young and promising talent on the Twins right now. Still, they've struggled to consistently get timely hits and it's cost them games.

But the Twins this year have something they haven't had in years -- reliable pitching. The Twins' starting pitching corps is one of if not the best in the American League, and a top five contender in all of baseball. After tearfully sending Luis Arraez down to Miami, the Twins received one Pablo Lopez in return, who reassured the Twinkies faithful with the best season of his entire career. Right behind Lopez is Sonny Gray, who every Yankees fan would have thought a lost cause and who has responded by relaunching his career into orbit. Joe Ryan had a dynamite start to the season but has struggled in the back half after an injury, and then the big five are rounded out by Kenta Maeda (also redeeming himself after a rough 2022 and some nasty games early on) and Bailey Ober, who's pitching today. Any one of these guys could be a team's #1 starter. Together they're terrifying.

The bullpen is comprehensively dependable, featuring names such as Brock Stewart, Louie Varland, Caleb Thielbar, and His Dark Materials, Emilio Pagan, who has been steadily working off an atrocious season start with some of the most solid relief pitching around. If you make it to the ninth and the Twins have a lead, well, God help you. If you're lucky, you'll face Griffin Jax, who is hypothetically mortal but still a reliable closer. If you're not, the Twins will roll Jhoan Duran out onto the mound, and he'll burn you to the ground. Duran's control hasn't been entirely on point this year, he has a nasty habit of letting dudes on base before getting out of it which is not good for the faithful's blood pressure or ulcers, but when he's on, he's almost unhittable. His velocity is horrifying and when you try to engage that, he'll hit you with curveballs approaching 90.

But possibly the biggest surprise in the Twins' postseason so far has been the fans themselves. Minnesota does not have a reputation for dedicated sports fans, because people don't understand how it works up here. We're very used to our teams being bad and as a result often take a "prove that you're different" attitude. If they don't, well, the wallets do the talking. But the Twins proved themselves this year, and the results are beyond obvious -- I would argue, I think convincingly, that no ballpark in the WC round was as loud or as dynamic as Target Field was. Just ask Vlad Guerrero Jr. if you don't believe me. It's been years since Minnesota had any real shot at a championship and the people are hungry for success. Despite their struggles, these Twins may have what it takes to bring it to them. They've already broken two twenty-year curses this postseason. How far can they go?

Redeye Flight fucked around with this message at 18:32 on Oct 7, 2023

# ? Oct 7, 2023 18:27

...!: 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?

Too bad they're gonna get swept

# ? Oct 7, 2023 18:30

bradzilla: Oct 15, 2004

Redeye Flight posted:

Your Minnesota Twins this year are a strange breed, for Minnesota. The Twins have prided themselves on the long ball for years now, and the team is still built for that. The Twins strike out A LOT. Like, literally setting an all-time record this year for strikeouts. The offense finally woke up some after the All-Star but in general, the bats have struggled this year. They haven't been ABSENT, though -- Max Kepler managed a complete turnaround from his disastrous initial season, Michael A. Taylor reminded everyone that he actually was a power hitter before the Nats tried to break it out of him, Correa managed to put some things together on that side of the ball, and frankly if you don't know who Royce Lewis is, what are you even doing? And we haven't even talked about the rest of the roster, like French-Canadian phenom Edouard Julien, local boy Matt Wallner, spicy new star Alex Kiriloff... there's a lot of young and promising talent on the Twins right now. Still, they've struggled to consistently get timely hits and it's cost them games.

But the Twins this year have something they haven't had in years -- reliable pitching. The Twins' starting pitching corps is one of if not the best in the American League, and a top five contender in all of baseball. After tearfully sending Luis Arraez down to Miami, the Twins received one Pablo Lopez in return, who reassured the Twinkies faithful with the best season of his entire career. Right behind Lopez is Sonny Gray, who every Yankees fan would have thought a lost cause and who has responded by relaunching his career into orbit. Joe Ryan had a dynamite start to the season but has struggled in the back half after an injury, and then the big five are rounded out by Kenta Maeda (also redeeming himself after a rough 2022 and some nasty games early on) and Bailey Ober, who's pitching today. Any one of these guys could be a team's #1 starter. Together they're terrifying.

The bullpen is comprehensively dependable, featuring names such as Brock Stewart, Louie Varland, Caleb Thielbar, and His Dark Materials, Emilio Pagan, who has been steadily working off an atrocious season start with some of the most solid relief pitching around. If you make it to the ninth and the Twins have a lead, well, God help you. If you're lucky, you'll face Griffin Jax, who is hypothetically mortal but still a reliable closer. If you're not, the Twins will roll Jhoan Duran out onto the mound, and he'll burn you to the ground. Duran's control hasn't been entirely on point this year, he has a nasty habit of letting dudes on base before getting out of it which is not good for the faithful's blood pressure or ulcers, but when he's on, he's almost unhittable. His velocity is horrifying and when you try to engage that, he'll hit you with curveballs approaching 90.

But possibly the biggest surprise in the Twins' postseason so far has been the fans themselves. Minnesota does not have a reputation for dedicated sports fans, because people don't understand how it works up here. We're very used to our teams being bad and as a result often take a "prove that you're different" attitude. If they don't, well, the wallets do the talking. But the Twins proved themselves this year, and the results are beyond obvious -- I would argue, I think convincingly, that no ballpark in the WC round was as loud or as dynamic as Target Field was. Just ask Vlad Guerrero Jr. if you don't believe me. It's been years since Minnesota had any real shot at a championship and the people are hungry for success. Despite their struggles, these Twins may have what it takes to bring it to them. They've already broken two twenty-year curses this postseason. How far can they go?

Hell yes go twins!

# ? Oct 7, 2023 18:45

IcePhoenix: Sep 18, 2005; Take me to your Shida

https://twitter.com/UmpireAuditor/status/1710541177026707880

# ? Oct 7, 2023 19:08

live with fruit: Aug 15, 2010

FOX hyping up six year playoff droughts like that's a long time.

# ? Oct 7, 2023 19:08

Pobrecito: Jun 16, 2020; hasta que la muerte nos separe

go the texas rangers and go not the houston astros

# ? Oct 7, 2023 19:13

Big Mean Jerk: Jan 27, 2009; Well, of course I know him.
He's me.

Pobrecito posted:

go the texas rangers and go not the houston astros

# ? Oct 7, 2023 19:14

...!: 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?

Pobrecito posted:

go the texas rangers and go not the houston astros

False

# ? Oct 7, 2023 19:17

Shinjobi: Jul 10, 2008; Gravy Boat 2k

Pobrecito posted:

go the texas rangers and go not the houston astros

# ? Oct 7, 2023 19:23

kaww of course: Jul 11, 2003; This is NOT the greatest avatar in the world; this is just a tribute; Doctor Rope

GOOS

# ? Oct 7, 2023 19:23

explosivo: May 23, 2004; Fueled by Satan

kaww of course posted:

GOOS

# ? Oct 7, 2023 19:24

triple sulk: Sep 17, 2014

i beg someone to stop advertising the $20k first class tickets

# ? Oct 7, 2023 19:32

live with fruit: Aug 15, 2010

triple sulk posted:

i beg someone to stop advertising the $20k first class tickets

But Penelope Cruz likes sports too. She's just like you.

# ? Oct 7, 2023 19:34

EvilBlackRailgun: Jan 28, 2007

Pobrecito posted:

go the texas rangers and go not the houston astros

# ? Oct 7, 2023 19:36

naginalJJ: Feb 10, 2007; Baby, looks like a dance epidemic to me
I'm seeing things I thought I'd never see
Dance epidemic tonight

Pobrecito posted:

go the texas rangers and go not the houston astros

# ? Oct 7, 2023 19:37

ZeButler: Oct 2, 2013

I'm still seething over the Cubs pissing away their season, but otherwise, as long as the poo poo heads and racists lose, I'm fine with whatever happens. Hoping for either Os/Phills or Twins/Phills in the World Series.

# ? Oct 7, 2023 19:41

Shinjobi: Jul 10, 2008; Gravy Boat 2k

Evan Carter looks completely comfortable

Not sure about everyone else, but hey it's something

# ? Oct 7, 2023 19:43

...!: 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?

Some extremely wrong opinions in this thread already

# ? Oct 7, 2023 19:46

Endless Trash: Aug 12, 2007

Can�t wait to win $10.90 on my $10 fanduel bet!

# ? Oct 7, 2023 19:48

...!: 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?

Endless Trash posted:

Can�t wait to win $10.90 on my $10 fanduel bet!

Put it towards an Emirates flight

# ? Oct 7, 2023 19:50

EvilBlackRailgun: Jan 28, 2007

Let's go

# ? Oct 7, 2023 20:09

Shinjobi: Jul 10, 2008; Gravy Boat 2k

Evan Carter is handsome and strong and maybe we should all be talking about building a shrine to him ya know??

# ? Oct 7, 2023 20:11

...!: 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?

The Baltimore Orioles are dogshit garbage

# ? Oct 7, 2023 20:12

triple sulk: Sep 17, 2014

RIP O's

# ? Oct 7, 2023 20:12

Pobrecito: Jun 16, 2020; hasta que la muerte nos separe

evan carter is so loving good yall

# ? Oct 7, 2023 20:13

...!: 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?

lol Bradish sucks

# ? Oct 7, 2023 20:15

Shinjobi: Jul 10, 2008; Gravy Boat 2k

Semien needs to be a little better than he has in the playoffs. He's capable, just needs to get a good result.

# ? Oct 7, 2023 20:20

more falafel please: Feb 26, 2005; forums poster

so much BABIP in the last half inning. go's

# ? Oct 7, 2023 20:21

...!: 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?

Shinjobi posted:

Semien needs to be a little better than he has in the playoffs. He's capable, just needs to get a good result.

I would prefer that he be a lot worse, actually

# ? Oct 7, 2023 20:22

triple sulk: Sep 17, 2014

The Texas Rangers are dogshit garbage

# ? Oct 7, 2023 20:24

...!: 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?

...! posted:

lol Heaney sucks

# ? Oct 7, 2023 20:24

...!: 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?