Baseball 2017 Season Thread

[Admiral Yi]

I know. This is pretty much an all-NL World Series.

Uh, I'm disagreeing with you dude.

[Valmy]

I know. This is pretty much an all-NL World Series.

Uh, I'm disagreeing with you dude.

I was responding to Eddie and Seedy.

[Admiral Yi]

Gotcha.

[derspiess]

Another 7-game series

Go Dodgers, I guess.  NL team.

[Valmy]

I think the Stros blew it, not being able to wrap it up with Verlander's start. I hope I am wrong as we have some long suffering baseball fans in this state. The deal with the Rangers against the Cardinals was bad enough.

[derspiess]

The deal with the Rangers against the Cardinals was bad enough.

2011.  Good times

[The Minsky Moment]

I think the Stros blew it, not being able to wrap it up with Verlander's start.

They also blew the ALCS by losing 3 straight to the Yankees.  Except they won that series anyways.

Fact is that the starters are pretty evenly matched, the teams are evenly matched.  LA has home field, so it's 55-45, a coin flip with a little dirt on one side of the coin.

[alfred russel]

it's 55-45, a coin flip with a little dirt on one side of the coin.

Is this a racist statement that the dodgers have a slight edge because they have yasiel puig on the team?

[derspiess]

<insert Gurriel-Darvish joke here>

[Valmy]

Very glad to be wrong. Hell of a game by Morton.

I couldn't help but feel if the Orioles had brought in a few guys like Verlander that could have been them a couple years ago. Ah well.

Very glad for Texas baseball fans. 57 years is a long time to wait. I guess I just never thought the Astros would win the WS for the American League before the Rangers would.

[MadBurgerMaker]

That's pretty cool. 

[CountDeMoney]

I couldn't help but feel if the Orioles had brought in a few guys like Verlander that could have been them a couple years ago. Ah well.

A few guys like Verlander?  How many Verlanders are out there?  Good grief. 

[Valmy]

I couldn't help but feel if the Orioles had brought in a few guys like Verlander that could have been them a couple years ago. Ah well.

A few guys like Verlander?  How many Verlanders are out there?  Good grief. 

I did not mean that literally

I meant if they had brought in some pitching help to get them over the top.

[CountDeMoney]

I meant if they had brought in some pitching help to get them over the top.

Well, that's just not happening with an owner who does not believe in paying that kind of money for someone who only plays every 5 days.  That's just not financially sound, now is it?

He makes guaranteed money sharing a sports network with the Nationals, so let them spend money to win instead. It's a fantastic passive income business model he's got going, especially since he gets something like 80% of the MASN profits.

Sometimes I just wish they'd move to Indianapolis already.

[dps]

it's 55-45, a coin flip with a little dirt on one side of the coin.

Is this a racist statement that the dodgers have a slight edge because they have yasiel puig on the team?

No, not racist.  Just inaccurate.