2023 MLB Postseason - Rangers vs.. wait... the Diamondbacks? Really?

cerranoredux · Post by **cerranoredux** » Thu Oct 12, 2023 8:24 pm

L-Jam3 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 12, 2023 6:10 pm Dude # 1: It looks like d’Arnaud is having trouble stopping the running game.

Dude # 2: Well, his name sure as hell isn’t d’Aryesse.

Both: Oh, ho-ho-ho!

Spot on.

cerranoredux · Post by **cerranoredux** » Thu Oct 12, 2023 9:00 pm

Castellanos is fucking mashing right now.

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Thu Oct 12, 2023 10:24 pm

Now I can exhale.

Thomson started using his best relievers (Alvarado / Kimbrel / Soto) earlier in the highest leverage situations. I thought that after how Francona used Andrew Miller in the most important situations regardless of the inning, managers would start doing this more in the playoffs. I don’t recall if that strategy became more popular, or I just didn’t take note of it. Does anyone remember if other teams used it since Miller?

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Thu Oct 12, 2023 10:37 pm

Yankees used all their best relievers before the playoffs.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Mon Oct 16, 2023 4:17 pm

I was about to come make a reverse jinx post about how this is the Rangers' year, then Yordan hits one to Galveston.

EnochRoot · Post by **EnochRoot** » Mon Oct 16, 2023 4:26 pm

Giff wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2023 4:17 pm I was about to come make a reverse jinx post about how this is the Rangers' year, then Yordan hits one to Galveston.

That's OK, C Jonah Heim just launched one to Amarillo.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Mon Oct 16, 2023 4:55 pm

Really more like League City if we're being geographically accurate here.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Mon Oct 16, 2023 5:03 pm

That would be like a 4,200 foot home run in comparison which I don't think any of those Yankees on steroids ever did!

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Mon Oct 16, 2023 5:30 pm

Giff wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2023 5:03 pm That would be like a 4,200 foot home run in comparison which I don't think any of those Yankees on steroids ever did!

Yeah Pujols was a cardinal.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Mon Oct 16, 2023 5:31 pm

A_B wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2023 5:30 pm
Giff wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2023 5:03 pm That would be like a 4,200 foot home run in comparison which I don't think any of those Yankees on steroids ever did!
Yeah Pujols was a cardinal.

That one went to the moon thank you very much.

HaulCitgo · Post by **HaulCitgo** » Mon Oct 16, 2023 6:12 pm

Who is yordan Alvarez. I would not pitch to him again

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Mon Oct 16, 2023 6:13 pm

I’m obviously no Astros fan but fuck Aroldis Chapman.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Mon Oct 16, 2023 6:27 pm

They just fucked it smolt’s programming and he spoke in binary for a bit.

rass · Post by **rass** » Mon Oct 16, 2023 6:43 pm

Alvarez should try hitting three home runs next time.

EnochRoot · Post by **EnochRoot** » Mon Oct 16, 2023 6:46 pm

L-Jam3 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2023 6:13 pm I’m obviously no Astros fan but fuck Aroldis Chapman.

Smoltz called it a good pitch / good piece of hitting, but in reality when they showed the replay, Chapman hung an 89 mph slider on the outside part of the plate, and Alvarez could time his swing.

MaxWebster · Post by **MaxWebster** » Mon Oct 16, 2023 7:02 pm

...i just keep giggling at this one...

A_B wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2023 6:27 pm They just fucked it smolt’s programming and he spoke in binary for a bit.

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Mon Oct 16, 2023 7:38 pm

You know, we have been talking about some bad news lately.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 9:09 am

A_B wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2023 6:27 pm smolt’s

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 9:18 am

Not associated with the Post-Season....but this is really how you leave a job....

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 9:24 am

mister d wrote: ↑Tue Oct 17, 2023 9:09 am
A_B wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2023 6:27 pm smolt’s

I wasn't even intoxicated. Just can't type. Or maybe there was some young salmon on the broadcast?

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 10:05 am

fwiw. and maybe this is just me and my perspective, but the Rangers going nuclear and being 7-0 so far in the playoffs is taking some of sting out of them housing the Orioles like they did.

Not for nothing, but a Rangers/Phillies series would pit two teams on absolute heaters and I would watch the shit out of that.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 10:50 am

tennbengal wrote: ↑Tue Oct 17, 2023 10:05 am fwiw. and maybe this is just me and my perspective, but the Rangers going nuclear and being 7-0 so far in the playoffs is taking some of sting out of them housing the Orioles like they did.

Not for nothing, but a Rangers/Phillies series would pit two teams on absolute heaters and I would watch the shit out of that.

Yeah, I remember feeling that way in '15 when KC beat us and then went on to win the World Series.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 10:51 am

Giff wrote: ↑Tue Oct 17, 2023 10:50 am
tennbengal wrote: ↑Tue Oct 17, 2023 10:05 am fwiw. and maybe this is just me and my perspective, but the Rangers going nuclear and being 7-0 so far in the playoffs is taking some of sting out of them housing the Orioles like they did.

Not for nothing, but a Rangers/Phillies series would pit two teams on absolute heaters and I would watch the shit out of that.
Yeah, I remember feeling that way in '15 when KC beat us and then went on to win the World Series.

Everything they hit seems to fall in, pitchers turning into Bob Gibson, just an insanely well timed hot streak. They almost missed the damn playoffs entirely!

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 10:52 am

Two road wins over the Rays! Two more road wins over the Os! And now two road wins over the Astros!

They are 7-0 and have only played one game at home in that stretch.

What the actual fuck.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 10:53 am

In fairness, the Astros have as many home wins since 9/14 as the Texans.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 10:56 am

Between Harper's Boner in Game 2 and the Rangers being -7 in September and finishing 2-4 to blow the division, I do not want to hear about carryover momentum ever again.

rass · Post by **rass** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 11:01 am

Then how do you explain AB's ongoing Harper boner?

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 11:03 am

Giff wrote: ↑Tue Oct 17, 2023 10:50 am
tennbengal wrote: ↑Tue Oct 17, 2023 10:05 am fwiw. and maybe this is just me and my perspective, but the Rangers going nuclear and being 7-0 so far in the playoffs is taking some of sting out of them housing the Orioles like they did.

Not for nothing, but a Rangers/Phillies series would pit two teams on absolute heaters and I would watch the shit out of that.
Yeah, I remember feeling that way in '15 when KC beat us and then went on to win the World Series.

This was me to a lesser extent in '07 when we were in the middle of that 21 out of 22 Rockies buzzsaw.

Reaper · Post by **Reaper** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 11:13 am

L-Jam3 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 17, 2023 11:03 am
Giff wrote: ↑Tue Oct 17, 2023 10:50 am
tennbengal wrote: ↑Tue Oct 17, 2023 10:05 am fwiw. and maybe this is just me and my perspective, but the Rangers going nuclear and being 7-0 so far in the playoffs is taking some of sting out of them housing the Orioles like they did.

Not for nothing, but a Rangers/Phillies series would pit two teams on absolute heaters and I would watch the shit out of that.
Yeah, I remember feeling that way in '15 when KC beat us and then went on to win the World Series.
This was me to a lesser extent in '07 when we were in the middle of that 21 out of 22 Rockies buzzsaw.

Where the 2 seed Phils played the Wild Card Rockies, because the top seed wouldn't play the Wild Card winner back then if they were in the same division. (Even though it was actually more fair that year since technically the top seed played the playoff team with the worst record.)

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 11:26 am

rass wrote: ↑Tue Oct 17, 2023 11:01 am Then how do you explain AB's ongoing Harper boner?

I'd say if you don't have one, that's a far bigger issue.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 11:33 am

tennbengal wrote: ↑Tue Oct 17, 2023 10:05 am fwiw. and maybe this is just me and my perspective, but the Rangers going nuclear and being 7-0 so far in the playoffs is taking some of sting out of them housing the Orioles like they did.

Not for nothing, but a Rangers/Phillies series would pit two teams on absolute heaters and I would watch the shit out of that.

Except that they would have about 5 days off between series and that would ruin everything.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 11:43 am

The Dodgers would have won every game by 10 runs if they had just started the day after the season was over. So unfair!

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 11:47 am

mister d wrote: ↑Tue Oct 17, 2023 10:56 am Between Harper's Boner in Game 2 and the Rangers being -7 in September and finishing 2-4 to blow the division, I do not want to hear about carryover momentum ever again.

Yeah. Kill that narrative all the way extra dead.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 12:26 pm

Giff wrote: ↑Tue Oct 17, 2023 10:53 am In fairness, the Astros have as many home wins since 9/14 as the Texans.

And, the Rangers have as many wins in Houston as either of them in that period.

MaxWebster · Post by **MaxWebster** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 1:07 pm

i always like ("like") to use the 2000 Yankees as the perfect antidote to that momentum nonsense. I don't remember many - let alone any decent - teams on a reverse-heater like that team over their final 2 weeks, not just losses but getting curbstomped to no end.

Then they were just like fuck it and won the Series again with little difficulty.

(if i'm using any cliché at all it's "momentum is only as good as tomorrow's starting pitcher")

mister d wrote: ↑Tue Oct 17, 2023 10:56 am Between Harper's Boner in Game 2 and the Rangers being -7 in September and finishing 2-4 to blow the division, I do not want to hear about carryover momentum ever again.

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 1:38 pm

I appreciate that all the venues in Philly are in the same spot, but tonight is where it turns into a madhouse. The Flyers home opener is tonight at 6 pm, and at 8 pm the NLCS Game 2 is starting at the same time as a Mexico / Germany friendly.

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 2:25 pm

MaxWebster wrote: ↑Tue Oct 17, 2023 1:07 pm i always like ("like") to use the 2000 Yankees as the perfect antidote to that momentum nonsense. I don't remember many - let alone any decent - teams on a reverse-heater like that team over their final 2 weeks, not just losses but getting curbstomped to no end.

Then they were just like fuck it and won the Series again with little difficulty.

(if i'm using any cliché at all it's "momentum is only as good as tomorrow's starting pitcher")

mister d wrote: ↑Tue Oct 17, 2023 10:56 am Between Harper's Boner in Game 2 and the Rangers being -7 in September and finishing 2-4 to blow the division, I do not want to hear about carryover momentum ever again.

Same.

The 07 Rockies are also a decent example, going from 21/22 to a 4-game sweep.

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 2:30 pm

Steve of phpBB wrote: ↑Tue Oct 17, 2023 2:25 pm
MaxWebster wrote: ↑Tue Oct 17, 2023 1:07 pm i always like ("like") to use the 2000 Yankees as the perfect antidote to that momentum nonsense. I don't remember many - let alone any decent - teams on a reverse-heater like that team over their final 2 weeks, not just losses but getting curbstomped to no end.

Then they were just like fuck it and won the Series again with little difficulty.

(if i'm using any cliché at all it's "momentum is only as good as tomorrow's starting pitcher")

mister d wrote: ↑Tue Oct 17, 2023 10:56 am Between Harper's Boner in Game 2 and the Rangers being -7 in September and finishing 2-4 to blow the division, I do not want to hear about carryover momentum ever again.

Same.

The 07 Rockies are also a decent example, going from 21/22 to a 4-game sweep.

True, but they also had 9 days off between winning the NLCS and G1 of the World Series.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 5:52 pm

L-Jam3 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 17, 2023 1:38 pm I appreciate that all the venues in Philly are in the same spot, but tonight is where it turns into a madhouse. The Flyers home opener is tonight at 6 pm, and at 8 pm the NLCS Game 2 is starting at the same time as a Mexico / Germany friendly.

Good lord!

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 6:25 pm

tennbengal wrote: ↑Tue Oct 17, 2023 5:52 pm
L-Jam3 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 17, 2023 1:38 pm I appreciate that all the venues in Philly are in the same spot, but tonight is where it turns into a madhouse. The Flyers home opener is tonight at 6 pm, and at 8 pm the NLCS Game 2 is starting at the same time as a Mexico / Germany friendly.
Good lord!

Yeah, that is more of a take tomorrow of work scenario than today.