October Baseball Thread

Joe K · Post by **Joe K** » Wed Oct 05, 2016 8:18 pm

sancarlos wrote:
Steve of phpBB wrote:
howard wrote:
Steve of phpBB wrote: ... Will Clark ...
Funny coincidence…
I can't remember - didn't you say earlier you were at Candlestick for Game 5 in the 1989 NLCS? I was about ten rows deep in the left field bleachers for that game.
I wasn't at Candlestick for that game like you two were, but I remember it well. Our whole office was watching on TV, and let out a huge collective whoop when Will Clark got that hit.

Coincidentally, I got to attend an earlier game in that series, as part of NL President Bill White's entourage (I am friends with his daughter). We sat in temporary seats that were placed on the field, just down from the first base dugout. Before the game, Will Clark came over and chatted with Bill White (who was seated right in front of me.) It was pretty cool.

When I was in elementary school, one of my friends I played Little League with won a contest in a pack of baseball cards, and got to be the ballboy for the Hall of Fame Game in Cooperstown. The game that year (1991) was between the Giants and Twins, and he said that Will Clark was the least friendly player to him on either team.

howard · Post by **howard** » Wed Oct 05, 2016 8:26 pm

He could hit, but he was a dick. They say he has mellowed a bit in retirement. But quite dickish.

howard · Post by **howard** » Wed Oct 05, 2016 8:58 pm

What a great catch. Fuck. Wonderful effort, grandy.

eta: I'm mad, but I'm also like, 'how can you be mad at such a great play'.

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Wed Oct 05, 2016 9:15 pm

At this point I just hope each starter throws 140 pitches.

howard · Post by **howard** » Wed Oct 05, 2016 9:18 pm

Enjoy your last two days of relaxed baseball viewing

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Wed Oct 05, 2016 9:22 pm

howard wrote:Enjoy your last two days of relaxed baseball viewing

Yeah, that ended as soon as I turned this game on. Damn these guys are good.

howard · Post by **howard** » Wed Oct 05, 2016 9:24 pm

Syndergaard has really dialed it up. I've seen him a bunch this year, and never this good. Maddy just his usual October self.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed Oct 05, 2016 9:26 pm

Well, no matter what happens from here on out it's maxing out as the second best moment.

howard · Post by **howard** » Wed Oct 05, 2016 9:40 pm

Sometimes Mike Winters' inconsistent zone works in your favor.

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Wed Oct 05, 2016 9:43 pm

I wonder if that PB happened because Rivera felt he needed to frame the pitch.

howard · Post by **howard** » Wed Oct 05, 2016 9:54 pm

That is a good thought. The rare called strike/passed ball.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed Oct 05, 2016 10:02 pm

Except Winters missed that one too.

howard · Post by **howard** » Wed Oct 05, 2016 10:06 pm

I couldn't remember what he called, but I thought it was a clear strike.

Fucking Winters, I remember sitting close and ragging on him at Candlestick. He is much better after a couple of decades experience, but you see how his strike zone can shift within a game. Long been one of my most disliked.

howard · Post by **howard** » Wed Oct 05, 2016 10:11 pm

This year's Travis Ishikawa/Cody Ross/Juan Uribe. Connor Gillaspie. He had a hot hitting week coming in.

eta:

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Wed Oct 05, 2016 10:13 pm

Why did the Mets bring out their closer in a non-save situation?

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Wed Oct 05, 2016 10:14 pm

So, Howard, do you have tickets for Games 3 or 4?

And have I told you how much I hate Hillary?

howard · Post by **howard** » Wed Oct 05, 2016 10:17 pm

Jill Stein wants your vote.

Here are the likely pitching matchups:

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Wed Oct 05, 2016 10:48 pm

Wotta game!

Howard, if you run out of friends in SF to attend a game with, here I am!

And, Mr. D - thanks for the reverse jinx!

howard · Post by **howard** » Wed Oct 05, 2016 11:04 pm

I'll keep y'all in mind. I doubt I will make it next week, and I have a close friend out there (in addition to Steve) who is a huge Cubs fan, and my sister moved back to Cali and is honking me for next week's games.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Thu Oct 06, 2016 4:30 pm

Top of the 3rd, Joe West has had to make that jog to check replay twice now, someone is going to have to pay for that.

howard · Post by **howard** » Thu Oct 06, 2016 4:42 pm

I figured his left ventricle.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Thu Oct 06, 2016 4:46 pm

Something about the Jays that makes the Rangers forget how to play defence.

howard · Post by **howard** » Thu Oct 06, 2016 6:33 pm

So, the momentum of a dramatic wild card game victory can catapult to a game 1 win against a heavy fav. Good to know.

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Thu Oct 06, 2016 6:38 pm

Surprised the Blue Jays wanted it so much more than the Rangers tonight.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Thu Oct 06, 2016 8:09 pm

So far this inning for Porcello:

Solo home run
Ground out
Solo home run
Solo home run

Blech.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Fri Oct 07, 2016 10:40 am

My MIL is a Rangers fan and I fucking refuse to root for them. She didn't realize the game was in the afternoon yesterday, so I turned it on the 8th when Jays were up 7-0. The first play she sees is the 3-run HR in the 9th and says "man, down 3-0 already...at least it's only the first". She's not bright, but I enjoyed letting her believe that for a second before I asked my wife to tell her the actual score.

howard · Post by **howard** » Fri Oct 07, 2016 1:21 pm

I am so happy that Tulo is out of the NL west, and I can unreservedly root for him. One of my favorites.

howard · Post by **howard** » Fri Oct 07, 2016 1:47 pm

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Fri Oct 07, 2016 3:32 pm

Lirian-Oww.

howard · Post by **howard** » Fri Oct 07, 2016 4:22 pm

I kinda want to see David Price vs Clayton Kershaw in October, to see what breaks.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Fri Oct 07, 2016 4:36 pm

Rangers in division series playoff games at home are now 1-11

maybe they need a new stadium

howard · Post by **howard** » Fri Oct 07, 2016 4:52 pm

Fuck, Harold. Vin, why have you forsaken us, just a few more games.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Fri Oct 07, 2016 4:53 pm

Somewhere in heaven, a Blue Jay fan is smiling.

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Fri Oct 07, 2016 4:54 pm

I see Corey Seager is not going to let Kris Bryant grab all the "best hitter in the NL this year" attention.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Fri Oct 07, 2016 4:55 pm

they really need to program it in MLB 17 that all of David Price attributes lower by half in the playoffs.

howard · Post by **howard** » Fri Oct 07, 2016 5:32 pm

Justin Turner still has stupid hair.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Fri Oct 07, 2016 7:18 pm

So the guy who got sent down to minors gets and intentional walk.

howard · Post by **howard** » Fri Oct 07, 2016 7:54 pm

A Rude Baseball Tradition

(The statue of) General Sheridan and his horse are located roughly a mile away from Wrigley Field. If you were coming to Wrigley from downtown, and taking Lake Shore Drive northbound, you would get off at Belmont, which would take you right past the General’s likeness. So somebody riding on a team bus must have had an inspiration one day, and thus was born one of the stranger baseball traditions you’ll ever hear about.

…Teams that visit Chicago sometimes leave their mark on the North side by painting their team’s colors onto General Sheridan’s horse. And not the entire horse, just the parts that a gelding has removed. They probably have a ball doing it, too. (Sorry, I couldn’t resist)

video

Duane Kuiper reports, they have been painted orange. I just love stupid shit like this.

howard · Post by **howard** » Fri Oct 07, 2016 8:06 pm

degenerasian wrote:
howard wrote:8IP 3H 0R 1BB 6Ks. Ty Blach, keeping hope alive.
a new Giants post season pitcher? you don't say!

howard wrote:I don't think he will be on the roster.

howard wrote:Bochy has some tough choices for his bullpen roster, and Blach as a long relief/emergency starter doesn't make sense when he has Cain, Peavy and Alberto Suarez.

Yes, the latest example of I don't know shit. Blach got a uniform, over the two lefty rookie relievers; none of those other guys I named are on the roster tonight.

(but lets see Bochy try to choose the correct dosage of propofol + lidocaine for a 73yo chinese lady with coronary artery disease on a beta-blocker, undergoing upper GI endoscopy.)

howard · Post by **howard** » Fri Oct 07, 2016 8:17 pm

Gorkys Hernandez and Kelby Tomlinson are in the starting lineup. And this bullpen. I swear, this is not a reverse hex attempt, but this team is just not good enough to win it all this year. Sure it is possible in a five-game series with some strong starting pitchers, but it is not very likely. Cubs in four.

Now get this Dodger bullshit off my screen. Where the fuck is the game? FX?

eta: oh MLB network.