MLB 2022 Postseason

Octavious · Post by **Octavious** » Wed Oct 05, 2022 11:24 am

I checked and since 1990 the Braves have won the division 20 freaking times. I believe the Mets have 5 since 1990. I so hate them and their darn chop chant. It's such a well run team which makes me even more angry.

Jaymann · Post by **Jaymann** » Thu Oct 06, 2022 3:18 pm

WTF? Padres and Phillies must play all 3 games on the road. There's the Mets' HUGE advantage for winning 100 games.

Octavious · Post by **Octavious** » Thu Oct 06, 2022 3:22 pm

Seems fair to me. A lot better than the 1 and done they were doing for the wc.

Octavious · Post by **Octavious** » Thu Oct 06, 2022 3:23 pm

And that's 101 games buddy!

LawBeefaroni · Post by **LawBeefaroni** » Thu Oct 06, 2022 3:51 pm

Jaymann wrote: ↑Thu Oct 06, 2022 3:18 pm WTF? Padres and Phillies must play all 3 games on the road. There's the Mets' HUGE advantage for winning 100 games.

Or you win your division and still have to win a 3-game series to play in the division round.

Octavious · Post by **Octavious** » Thu Oct 06, 2022 4:08 pm

Ya the Cardinals should be the ones bitching. Teams with the harder division get screwed by the new format. Mets just needed to not get swept by the Cubs at home.

El Guapo · Post by **El Guapo** » Thu Oct 06, 2022 4:50 pm

Octavious wrote: ↑Thu Oct 06, 2022 3:22 pm Seems fair to me. A lot better than the 1 and done they were doing for the wc.

In 2018 I was dying for the Yankees to get bounced in the 1 game WC game after winning 101 games. But they won the WC game.

But lost to the Red Sox in the divisional round.

Octavious · Post by **Octavious** » Thu Oct 06, 2022 4:54 pm

I don't even know if I'll watch the Mets games this weekend. I don't know if I can mentally take watching them crash and burn in the WC. I mean I certainly think they can win, but after watching they not be able to close it out last weekend... Ugh

El Guapo · Post by **El Guapo** » Thu Oct 06, 2022 5:00 pm

Octavious wrote: ↑Thu Oct 06, 2022 4:54 pm I don't even know if I'll watch the Mets games this weekend. I don't know if I can mentally take watching them crash and burn in the WC. I mean I certainly think they can win, but after watching they not be able to close it out last weekend... Ugh

Ah, you gotta watch. If it helps, the 2021 Red Sox, after a super hot first half of the season, *barely* sqeaked into the playoffs (including being down 4-0 or 5-0 to the Nationals in game 162 which would've forced them to a tiebreaker for the last playoff spot). And then after that they suddenly remembered how to play baseball and made it to within 2 wins of the World Series. So you never know.

Plus, your expectations now are so low that even one win will probably feel good.

naednek · Post by **naednek** » Fri Oct 07, 2022 11:25 am

you all don't know Giants Torture.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Fri Oct 07, 2022 11:38 am

The last Mariner's postseason win is old enough to drink.

Post by **ImLawBoy** » Fri Oct 07, 2022 11:50 am

naednek wrote: ↑Fri Oct 07, 2022 11:25 am you all don't know Giants Torture.

The Giants have won 3 World Series in the last 13 seasons. You don't get to claim torture.

El Guapo · Post by **El Guapo** » Fri Oct 07, 2022 12:00 pm

ImLawBoy wrote: ↑Fri Oct 07, 2022 11:50 am
naednek wrote: ↑Fri Oct 07, 2022 11:25 am you all don't know Giants Torture.
The Giants have won 3 World Series in the last 13 seasons. You don't get to claim torture.

Indeed. It's sort of funny in that I saw on FB a post noting that the Red Sox have 5 last place division finishes in the last 11 years, which is the most of any AL East team. But at the same time, they also have two world series titles in that same time frame.

I don't totally get why it's so feast or famine sometimes, but you happily take the last place finishes if you get titles mixed in.

naednek · Post by **naednek** » Fri Oct 07, 2022 1:07 pm

ImLawBoy wrote: ↑Fri Oct 07, 2022 11:50 am
naednek wrote: ↑Fri Oct 07, 2022 11:25 am you all don't know Giants Torture.
The Giants have won 3 World Series in the last 13 seasons. You don't get to claim torture.

My point was getting there. They didn't make it easy on themselves.

Post by **ImLawBoy** » Fri Oct 07, 2022 3:07 pm

naednek wrote: ↑Fri Oct 07, 2022 1:07 pm
ImLawBoy wrote: ↑Fri Oct 07, 2022 11:50 am
naednek wrote: ↑Fri Oct 07, 2022 11:25 am you all don't know Giants Torture.
The Giants have won 3 World Series in the last 13 seasons. You don't get to claim torture.

My point was getting there. They didn't make it easy on themselves.

Maybe for the first title, but after that you can't complain about torture. Once the Cubs won in 2016, I wasn't complaining about the torture of them not making it all the way back in the following years, because I always had the moment of glory to fall back on and ease the pain. If the Cubs had won 3 titles in 5 years? I'd still be perma-smiling no matter how rough the next 10 years were.

Jaymann · Post by **Jaymann** » Fri Oct 07, 2022 5:36 pm

Cardinals MELTDOWN in the ninth. They are now 93 - 1 in the playoffs when leading by 2 or more runs after 8 innings.

Octavious · Post by **Octavious** » Fri Oct 07, 2022 9:53 pm

Max MELTDOWN. He just got totally lit up. Bummer, but I just don't have any energy left to get upset.

El Guapo · Post by **El Guapo** » Fri Oct 07, 2022 10:31 pm

El Guapo wrote:
Octavious wrote: ↑Thu Oct 06, 2022 4:54 pm I don't even know if I'll watch the Mets games this weekend. I don't know if I can mentally take watching them crash and burn in the WC. I mean I certainly think they can win, but after watching they not be able to close it out last weekend... Ugh
Ah, you gotta watch.

This may have been bad advice.

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Jaymann · Post by **Jaymann** » Fri Oct 07, 2022 11:34 pm

I wonder what the odds were on a prop bet that the Padres, going against Scherzer, would score the most runs of any team on Friday. I used to hate Yu Darvish when he was on the Rangers and gave the Angels fits, now he is the man. Next up is Blake Snell who has been inconsistent all year. Time to earn that paycheck.

Octavious · Post by **Octavious** » Sat Oct 08, 2022 1:47 pm

I think the Padres have it locked up. The Mets have been horrible against lefties all year. Sucks, but that's what happens when you don't win the division and you have 38 year old aces. Max was flipping horrible.

LawBeefaroni · Post by **LawBeefaroni** » Sat Oct 08, 2022 4:15 pm

Rays/Guardians 0-0, bottom 12.

Octavious · Post by **Octavious** » Sat Oct 08, 2022 11:06 pm

Much better showing by the Mets tonight. Such a slow game.

Jaymann · Post by **Jaymann** » Sat Oct 08, 2022 11:55 pm

Congrats to the Mets. Nothing like a double elimination game on Sunday.

On the plus side, Cardinals are done.

Octavious · Post by **Octavious** » Sun Oct 09, 2022 12:09 am

I'll be at Comic Con so can't watch the game. Probably safer that way.

Scuzz · Post by **Scuzz** » Sun Oct 09, 2022 1:41 pm

ImLawBoy wrote: ↑Fri Oct 07, 2022 11:50 am
naednek wrote: ↑Fri Oct 07, 2022 11:25 am you all don't know Giants Torture.
The Giants have won 3 World Series in the last 13 seasons. You don't get to claim torture.

My thought exactly.

Jaymann · Post by **Jaymann** » Sun Oct 09, 2022 7:58 pm

Why is the Mets pitcher saying he can't hear the pitch selection?

1. Don't they use finger signs?

2. If the catcher verbalizes, couldn't the batter hear it too?

Octavious · Post by **Octavious** » Sun Oct 09, 2022 8:11 pm

Stupid new pitchcom system. Catcher pushes a button and plays on a headset in the pitcher's hat.

Octavious · Post by **Octavious** » Sun Oct 09, 2022 8:14 pm

Trent Grisham picked a hell of a time to catch fire. Oh well.

Jaymann · Post by **Jaymann** » Sun Oct 09, 2022 10:13 pm

Padres advance to the NLDS on a one hitter!

Chargers get outplayed by Browns but win anyway.

Packers lay an egg vs. Giants in London.

Octavious · Post by **Octavious** » Sun Oct 09, 2022 10:33 pm

Whatever. They went cheap at the trade deadline and this is what you get.

El Guapo · Post by **El Guapo** » Tue Oct 11, 2022 7:41 pm

Wow, quite the ending to the Astros-Mariners game.

Dramatist · Post by **Dramatist** » Tue Oct 11, 2022 10:18 pm

El Guapo wrote:Wow, quite the ending to the Astros-Mariners game.

Playoff baseball is so stressful but can exhilarating too. That was both for an Astros fan today.

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El Guapo · Post by **El Guapo** » Tue Oct 11, 2022 10:29 pm

Dramatist wrote: ↑Tue Oct 11, 2022 10:18 pm
El Guapo wrote:Wow, quite the ending to the Astros-Mariners game.
Playoff baseball is so stressful but can exhilarating too. That was both for an Astros fan today.

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I watched the ending with my son, and after Alvarez hit it he was like "they shouldn't have taken the closer out."

Benefit of hindsight and all that, but yeah.

Jaymann · Post by **Jaymann** » Thu Oct 13, 2022 12:14 am

A funny thing happened on the way to the Dodgers coronation. After 5 straight road games the Padres are in a 3 game series with home field advantage. Not saying they are going to win, but this is a dream scenario for a wild card team.

naednek · Post by **naednek** » Thu Oct 13, 2022 1:09 pm

Jaymann wrote: ↑Thu Oct 13, 2022 12:14 am A funny thing happened on the way to the Dodgers coronation. After 5 straight road games the Padres are in a 3 game series with home field advantage. Not saying they are going to win, but this is a dream scenario for a wild card team.

I'm rooting for ya!

El Guapo · Post by **El Guapo** » Thu Oct 13, 2022 1:17 pm

I'm already dreading a Yankees - Astros ALCS.

I think the Mariners have a better shot at upsetting the Astros than the Guardians do of the Yankees, but I'm not super optimistic about either.

Octavious · Post by **Octavious** » Thu Oct 13, 2022 2:59 pm

I could see the Guardians beating the Yankees. Aside from Judge they are streaky as hell.

hitbyambulance · Post by **hitbyambulance** » Thu Oct 13, 2022 10:23 pm

i do not follow my 'hometown' team, but even i know the Mariners are going to choke right when it counts

(and why is their stadium launching fireworks when we are choking in wildfire smoke)

Jaymann · Post by **Jaymann** » Thu Oct 13, 2022 10:28 pm

hitbyambulance wrote: ↑Thu Oct 13, 2022 10:23 pm i do not follow my 'hometown' team, but even i know the Mariners are going to choke right when it counts

(and why is their stadium launching fireworks when we are choking in wildfire smoke)

Especially after a loss.

Mariners are toast. Normally I would take glee in the Angels' division rival falling flat, but the Astros are also division rivals and I invoke the heat of a thousand suns.

Octavious · Post by **Octavious** » Fri Oct 14, 2022 12:17 pm

Hey at least they made it through one round. Unlike the loveable losers that are the Mets.