MLB 2022

[The Buscher]

12 hours ago, damhausen said:

 

Incredible stat.

Also as much as I assume the Yankees will be forced into just paying him whatever he wants, if I hit 62 home runs just to get booed after 2 bad playoff games I’d sign somewhere else so fast.

[gunnar hendershow]

It's going to be absolutely hilarious if one of the greatest divisional races in memory ends with the 3rd place Phillies, who were bang on average all year, as the last team standing.

[The Buscher]

2 hours ago, damhausen said:

It's going to be absolutely hilarious if one of the greatest divisional races in memory ends with the 3rd place Phillies, who were bang on average all year, as the last team standing.

Moreover, if the Phillies and Padres can actually close it out, it would mean that all 3 100-win NL teams will be gone by the NLCS and the regular season will feel even more meaningless.

But you know, playoff revenue is all that matters.

[gunnar hendershow]

4 hours ago, Jacob deBusch said:

Moreover, if the Phillies and Padres can actually close it out, it would mean that all 3 100-win NL teams will be gone by the NLCS and the regular season will feel even more meaningless.

But you know, playoff revenue is all that matters.

Yeah that's a big thing that I can't stand, just makes the 162 games mostly meaningless. Hell, the games that matter are down the stretch for those last WC spots or in a division with teams with low win totals.

I think playoff baseball can be absolutely great but you gotta find a way to make game 94 mean almost as much as game 4 of the NLDS.

[The Buscher]

Mariners fans waited 21 years to watch a home playoff game and got to see their team get shutout for 18 innings.  Oof.

[gunnar hendershow]

Yankees blow game 3 in the bottom of the 9th

[The Buscher]

Dodgers out.

I imagine a panicking MLB are phoning Cleveland to tell the umpires to give the Yanks every call today.

[Gabriel]

At this point, I want to see a Guardians Vs Padres World Series.

[gunnar hendershow]

What's the point of the regular season?

[Maxx]

6 minutes ago, damhausen said:

What's the point of the regular season?

Running Mets fans through the 5 stages of grief?

[The Buscher]

I feel mildly better about things with the Dodgers and Braves out too.  The regular season just meant fuck all for all of the NL juggernauts.

Owners should look at these playoffs and realize that they should do everything they can to make the playoffs, getting one lotto ticket is all you need.  But you’ll still have cheapskates who will shoot for simply playing mildly competitive baseball.

[The Buscher]

They opened the gates at Yankee Stadium as early as 3 PM today and then called off the game at 9:30 PM.

Now a winner take all game is being played at 4 PM on a workday, completely screwing over plenty of ticket holders.  The the ALCS starts Wednesday.

Absolute clusterfuck.  With these terrible playoff schedules they really should force all the owners to build roofs.

[gunnar hendershow]

Yanks really begged for this to get moved to tomorrow so that they could start Cortes.

[GhostMachine]

2 hours ago, Jacob deBusch said:

They opened the gates at Yankee Stadium as early as 3 PM today and then called off the game at 9:30 PM.

Now a winner take all game is being played at 4 PM on a workday, completely screwing over plenty of ticket holders.  The the ALCS starts Wednesday.

Absolute clusterfuck.  With these terrible playoff schedules they really should force all the owners to build roofs.

As much as I love open air stadiums, ALL MLB teams should have roofs. Retractable or not.

Edited October 18, 2022 by GhostMachine

[The Buscher]

While it's a nice thought, there's a few challenges to having existing stadiums build retractable roofs beyond just cost.  

But the roofs, even when they're not over the stadium, look kinda unsightly.  Try finding anyone who wants to ruin the aesthetic of Fenway or Wrigley.

The issue the New York stadiums would have is you can't even really use "the roof makes this a year-round venue" as an excuse to justify the cost, especially if you're pushing any of it on taxpayers.  The counter is "we already have MSG, Barclays, and UBS close by and one of them will always be open".

[The Buscher]

A rare blunder by Francona.  Yesterday was gonna be basically a 4th starter/bullpen game and not much anyone could do about it.  But the rain delay would’ve allowed Bieber on 3 days rest and he wanted to pitch, just like Cortes is doing.

Instead he remained firm with pitching Civale, who throws pure junk and the Yankees have already hit hard twice this year.  It predictably went poorly.

[GhostMachine]

8 hours ago, Jacob deBusch said:

While it's a nice thought, there's a few challenges to having existing stadiums build retractable roofs beyond just cost.  

But the roofs, even when they're not over the stadium, look kinda unsightly.  Try finding anyone who wants to ruin the aesthetic of Fenway or Wrigley.

The issue the New York stadiums would have is you can't even really use "the roof makes this a year-round venue" as an excuse to justify the cost, especially if you're pushing any of it on taxpayers.  The counter is "we already have MSG, Barclays, and UBS close by and one of them will always be open".

Just make roofs, retractable or otherwise, a requirement for new stadiums. If a city or team wants a new open air stadium, let them. But at the price of any games called off due to bad weather either moved to the other team's stadium when rescheduled (postseason) or flat out forfeited (season).

[The Buscher]

Bruce Bochy’s retirement lasted three seasons, as he’s been named the new manager of the Rangers.

[gunnar hendershow]

Bochy unretiring and the White Sox not doing everything in their power to hire him is another embarrassment for an embarrassing franchise.

[RoHitman Reigns]

Quite possibly the only one happy seeing Philly up 2-1 in the NLCS.