2012 MLB Thread

[gunnar hendershow]

I have endured a lot of horrible teams, horrible games, and hours of sitting in Camden Yards with a 7500 other people. Tonight makes it all worth it win or lose.

[Maxx]

Tickets still available! Buy me one Damshow, and I shall go and support your O's

[Panni]

Wild Card Round

Texas over Baltimore

Atlanta over St. Louis

Division Series

New York over Texas

Oakland over Detroit

Atlanta over Washington

San Francisco over Cincinnati

Championship Series

New York over Oakland

San Francisco over Atlanta

World Series

San Francisco over New York in 6

[gunnar hendershow]

Tickets still available! Buy me one Damshow, and I shall go and support your O's

It didn't sell out right away?

[Maxx]

Nah, state fair has started up and it's the first nice Friday night for it.

[thatshortguy]

Nobody quite shits the bed like the Braves.

[GhostMachine]

Wild Card Round

Texas over Baltimore

Atlanta over St. Louis

Division Series

New York over Texas

Oakland over Detroit

Washington over Atlanta

Cincinnati over San Francisco

Championship Series

Oakland over New York

Washington over Cincinnati (dammit)

World Series

Oakland over Washington in 5

Fixed it for you.

[naiwf]

Nobody quite shits the bed like the Braves.

It's not October if the Braves don't underperform in the postseason.

[livid]

At least the Cardinals are doing their part to make it interesting.

[Mofoticon]

Braves season just ended due to a horribly blown call by the umps, fans throwing crap all over the field

[The Buscher]

Horrific call, but throwing stuff on the field is way over the line.

[Lowerdeck]

They couldn't just get the official ruling from the protest now?

[james_ewing88]

That call was bullshit. Yeah, i'll admit that my Braves haven't exactly been good in October in the past 10-20 years (excluding the 1995 World Series), but that call will be the reason we lose. It's completely ridiculous.

[livid]

Yes because the umps were the ones pitching and gave up six runs.

It was a terrible call and definitely put the fire out on a potential rally but let's not kid ourselves, you can't expect to win after giving up six runs.

[HC]

That call was bullshit. Yeah, i'll admit that my Braves haven't exactly been good in October in the past 10-20 years (excluding the 1995 World Series), but that call will be the reason we lose. It's completely ridiculous.

The reason they lost the game is because they were down by three runs. The call was blown, but to say it soley cost the Braves the game is just as ridiculous.

[thatshortguy]

Errors are what ultimately did in Atlanta. They're usually a well-fielding team, but they cracked under pressure and threw the game away.

[Schlitzbrille]

Orioles leading?

Me gusta.

Also, who do you guys think has the funniest name in baseball currently?

[The Buscher]

Hamilton being booed off the field. He'll be signing elsewhere for 9 figures next month.

[gunnar hendershow]

Tonight was a truly wonderful night. On Monday I'll be 1 of 46,000 strong at Game 2 of the ALDS!

[naiwf]

Congratulations Josh Hamilton, 2012 AL MVP.

Voters will forget this start for both Hamilton and Texas if he slumps or is injured after the All-Star break, but given his career numbers and this being a contract year he was the favorite before Opening Day to run away with the AL MVP and it will take a lot working against him from keeping that award out of his hands.

It's funny how 5 months changed so much for Hamilton and Texas. They were running away with the best record in the league for most of the season, and then just choked it all away in a matter of weeks. They obviously got cold at the worst time, but it just seems weird for them to not even make it to the ALDS given how dominant they looked earlier this season.

I'd like to see Detroit vs Baltimore in the ALCS and San Fran vs Washington in the NLCS. Detroit vs Washington would probably be the most appealing WS match up for me even without Strasburg. At the end of the day, as long as the Yankees don't win it's all good.