photo fox October 10, 2015 Share October 10, 2015 Wainwright just thinks it's friendly because he's never been in the stands for a Cubs/Cards game. lol 3 Link to comment
mojoween October 10, 2015 Share October 10, 2015 Ugh I never want good things to happen for the Cards why is the Cubs pitching suddenly letting them down? 2 Link to comment
ebk57 October 10, 2015 Share October 10, 2015 Well, I'm 0-4 today. I think I'll go shopping tomorrow. 1 Link to comment
Moose135 October 10, 2015 Share October 10, 2015 (edited) Let's Go Mets! We've been waiting a decade for that hit by David Wright, and what can you say about deGrom - 13Ks, outpitches Kershaw in his post-season debut...going home up 2-0 sounds really nice. Edited October 10, 2015 by Moose135 Link to comment
rallymantis October 10, 2015 Share October 10, 2015 In the category of So-Ugly-It's Beautiful, take a look at Eric Hosmer's ass-out, pigeon-toed, golf-club, swing -- what started us on the road to redemption... Link to comment
tom87 October 10, 2015 Share October 10, 2015 (edited) The announcing today for the Cubs/Cardinals. Cubs rookies, Cubs rookies, Cubs rookies, Cubs rookies, Lester v Lackey old roommates, Cubs rookies, Cubs rookies, Cubs rookies, Cards rookies, Card rookies. game. Edited October 10, 2015 by tom87 4 Link to comment
MyAimIsTrue October 10, 2015 Share October 10, 2015 eta: it occurs to me that I misread and you're stating that as a bid against a reverse-jinx? lol LOL, true, and as you can tell it's not completely working either! My boyfriend's son is 11 years old and he likes the Texas Rangers for reasons only an 11 year old living nowhere near Texas can explain, so he hopes I continue to root for that bird named team from the great city on the lake north of the border. Link to comment
mojoween October 10, 2015 Share October 10, 2015 The Drabble daily comic was cute today. 5 Link to comment
rallymantis October 10, 2015 Share October 10, 2015 (edited) he likes the Texas Rangers for reasons only an 11 year old living nowhere near Texas can explain Exactly. These are almost the best kind of fans. On that subject: I believe somewhere on Grantland there is a link to a "30 for 30" short about SungWoo, the South Korean man who became a fan of the Royals in the days when only people who grew up in the Kansas City vicinity, were ever reasonably* expected to be Royals fans. *"reasonably" should have air quotes Edited October 10, 2015 by gutette1 Link to comment
jennifer6973 October 10, 2015 Share October 10, 2015 I think I found a way to accidentally jinx the Cardinals - play most of them on my Topps fantasy contest in the Topps card app. (Now let me see if it works on the other team I don't want to win) 1 Link to comment
rallymantis October 10, 2015 Share October 10, 2015 Jennifer, if you're responsible for Garcia as Game 2 pitcher, I'd like to have a word about Dallas K's Topps status. Link to comment
jennifer6973 October 10, 2015 Share October 10, 2015 (edited) I don't think I put the pitcher on my lineup. If I don't know the caliber of their pitching anyway, I don't. ------------------------------------------ btw someone should tell Bryce Harper that if he wanted grey/silver hair he could have asked for mine. But it makes the color of his eyes pop. https://instagram.com/p/8q1l3ugIXB/?taken-by=bharper3407 Edited October 10, 2015 by jennifer6973 Link to comment
MyAimIsTrue October 10, 2015 Share October 10, 2015 On that subject: I believe somewhere on Grantland there is a link to a "30 for 30" short about SungWoo, the South Korean man who became a fan of the Royals in the days when only people who grew up in the Kansas City vicinity, were ever reasonably* expected to be Royals fans. That was great and I loved watching him make the rounds last October. Link to comment
ebk57 October 11, 2015 Share October 11, 2015 Okay - shopping worked for game 1!! However, I'm home for the rest of the evening. I did switch from beer (last night) to wine (tonight), so maybe that will work for game 2. Go Dodgers! Link to comment
prican58 October 11, 2015 Share October 11, 2015 I didn't watch the Mets game yesterday but during the highlights I actually shed some tears of happiness when David Wright got that big hit. So fitting that he should have that moment. Link to comment
Crs97 October 11, 2015 Share October 11, 2015 It should have been runner interference and Utley should have been tossed. And I don't have a dog in this fight and don't really like either team. At some point in this series I hope Utley has to limp to first. 9 Link to comment
King of Birds October 11, 2015 Share October 11, 2015 I don't care to define what is a dirty slide vs what is a tough-nose hard slide. Utley NEVER touched the base! For the Dodgers to have "won" that challenge is what's baffling to me. Most times if there is a close play to review, the player himself will stay on the field and point to the dugout to signal "challenge" - but Utley never even did that. He knew what he did, he took out the double play. For the umps to "give back" the out and award a runner the base? What world are we living in? It was a take-out play. Utley was out, he knew he was out, he left the field. 8 Link to comment
xaxat October 11, 2015 Share October 11, 2015 (edited) TBS really could have used the services of a retired official like the have for NFL broadcasts. The guys in the booth had absolutely no idea what to make of the events of the seventh. The "slide", the botched replay call, whether the Mets should appeal at second. . . Wow, this morning ESPN didn't even mention the fact that Utley never touched the base. Edited October 11, 2015 by xaxat 2 Link to comment
ratgirlagogo October 11, 2015 Share October 11, 2015 Wow, this morning ESPN didn't even mention the fact that Utley never touched the base. On Baseball Tonight Alex Cora said flat out "that wasn't a slide, that was a tackle" and said how it pissed him off that people were saying that Utley was an "aggressive" player, as though Tejada and everyone else weren't playing aggressively. Dallas Braden instantly defended Utley and that was it - so that doesn't surprise me about ESPN. It just seems like shit umpiring though. I don't get it. Either Utley was trying to slide into the base and never touched it - and he's out. Or he was trying to break up the DP so neighborhood play should have been called - I thought preventing things like this is what neighborhood play was for. Even Joe Torre seemed confused about what the rule in question was- he kept turning around to the ump guy behind him at the press conference to clarify. 3 Link to comment
Maximum Taco October 11, 2015 Share October 11, 2015 (edited) I'm dying inside. Don't get swept today Jays. I realize how unlikely an 0-2 comeback is. But just don't get swept today. Don't get swept today. Edited October 11, 2015 by Maximum Taco Link to comment
King of Birds October 11, 2015 Share October 11, 2015 Even Joe Torre seemed confused about what the rule in question was- Well Joe Torre is an idiot. Just because other idiots gave him the position, doesn't mean he's smart and can talk about how poorly the call was blown. 3 Link to comment
Crs97 October 11, 2015 Share October 11, 2015 Hubby pointed out that I don't like the team but have shown more emotion than Collins or any Mets player. Why weren't they screaming or clearing the benches or arguing with the umps or doing something that suggests they might be a little unhappy with the play and call? Way to have your teammate's back there, fellas. 1 Link to comment
Rick Kitchen October 11, 2015 Share October 11, 2015 I'm hoping Utley gets drilled in his next at bat. 4 Link to comment
ebk57 October 11, 2015 Share October 11, 2015 I'm hoping Utley gets drilled in his next at bat. I'd imagine that's a given. If it doesn't happen, something is wrong. 2 Link to comment
xaxat October 11, 2015 Share October 11, 2015 The problem with retaliation now is that the umps are looking for it. So if Harvey hits Utley, warnings go out. And if Harvey dare pitch inside to any Dodger after that he risks ejection. Over a season, that's an acceptable risk. For a best of three, I'm not so sure. 2 Link to comment
ratgirlagogo October 11, 2015 Share October 11, 2015 I'm also disappointed that Collins didn't go harder in challenging the ruling. He even said the umpires "did a great job" which seemed diplomatic to a fault. But I have to assume he's concerned that his team Avenge Tejada by playing superior ball and going to the Series rather than injuring opposing players. 1 Link to comment
Mittengirl October 11, 2015 Share October 11, 2015 (edited) For a guy with a broken bone in his leg, Tejada seemed awfully calm and relaxed. I was beginning to think he was faking the injury, I just couldn't figure out why. But that made more sense than the rest of that play. I still can't figure out why Utley was called safe. He never touched the base and he ran off the field. How can he be safe? Has the world gone mad? Why did the Mets not seem to care? Sparky Anderson or Billy Martin would have been out there foaming at the mouth, but Collins seemed detached from it all. Edited October 11, 2015 by Mittengirl 3 Link to comment
Lantern7 October 12, 2015 Share October 12, 2015 I'm a bad fan . . . I haven't even seen the play. Where can I find it? Link to comment
ratgirlagogo October 12, 2015 Share October 12, 2015 Woof, where CAN'T you find it. http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=13858156 Just google Tejada Utley and go. Link to comment
Lantern7 October 12, 2015 Share October 12, 2015 Thanks, I've been occupied with New York Comic Con. And I may be biased, but that's a dirty slide. I think Utley should be suspended for the rest of the NLDS. It's gonna be so ugly at Citi Field tomorrow night. 1 Link to comment
ratgirlagogo October 12, 2015 Share October 12, 2015 (edited) I am biased as well - but even so as I said above I think in the normal course of things there were only two possible things happening here and in both cases Utley should have been out. Honestly his "slide" would have landed him well into center field if he hadn't collided with Tejada. Mr Rat was choleric that Utley should have been suspended, but as I said I think the real villain here is the shit umpiring that nobody (and not just the Mets) wants to challenge. Still, I reiterate. I am way less interested in seeing Harvey bean Utley than watching the Mets wipe the floor with the Dodgers. Edited October 12, 2015 by ratgirlagogo 1 Link to comment
jennifer6973 October 12, 2015 Share October 12, 2015 per MLB Network Chase Utley has been suspended for Games 3 & 4. So no bean ball game tomorrow. ------------------------------------------- I hope they didn't make him travel all the way to NYC just so he could stare at the four walls of his hotel room for three days. Link to comment
Lantern7 October 12, 2015 Share October 12, 2015 Revenge can be botched. I remember when Roger Clemens made his first appearance at Shea since he chucked a broken bat at Mike Piazza. Everybody knew he was going to get hit . . . and the pitcher missed him. Yeah, even with that big butt of his, the pitch was about a foot behind him. I think Clemens felt bad about the situation, and he may have grooved pitches to Piazza and the pitcher (Estes, I think) for homers. 2 Link to comment
mojoween October 12, 2015 Share October 12, 2015 Utley is suspending and his appeal will be heard today so he'll get out of his hotel room for a bit before MLB sends him right back. He might get a reduction to one game but I don't see both games getting thrown out. Link to comment
MyAimIsTrue October 12, 2015 Share October 12, 2015 My question is was Utley suspended for the play or for his own safety since games three and four are in New York? 2 Link to comment
smittykins October 12, 2015 Author Share October 12, 2015 Utley is suspending and his appeal will be heard today so he'll get out of his hotel room for a bit before MLB sends him right back. He might get a reduction to one game but I don't see both games getting thrown out. I was wondering how they were going to work that, since appeals during the regular season often take days to be heard. Link to comment
ratgirlagogo October 12, 2015 Share October 12, 2015 (edited) My question is was Utley suspended for the play or for his own safety since games three and four are in New York? He'd still have to face the Mets and their fans no matter where the game was played. Edited October 12, 2015 by ratgirlagogo Link to comment
Moose135 October 12, 2015 Share October 12, 2015 Utley appeal unlikely to be heard today The appeal of Dodgers infielder Chase Utley's two-game suspension is unlikely to be heard before Monday night's Game 3 of the National League Division Series, according to a source. Major League Baseball requested an expedited hearing in hopes of having the issue resolved before Game 3. However, Utley's representatives and the Major League Baseball Players' Association asked for time to prepare their case, which would make Utley eligible to play until a hearing takes place. He'd still have to face the Mets and their fans no matter where the game was played. Yes, but if he was suspended for these two games in NY, it "defuses" things, the next time he would have the chance to play would be in a potential game 5 in LA, where the reception wouldn't be quite so ugly. Doesn't matter where he faces the Mets next, someone needs to put a fastball in his ear. 1 Link to comment
rwlevin October 12, 2015 Share October 12, 2015 Just watched the play. Utley is nowhere near the base. He's so gunning for tejada, it's not even funny. That game was stolen from the Mets. And just because he want caught earlier doesn't mean what he did wasn't wrong. 3 Link to comment
Rick Kitchen October 12, 2015 Share October 12, 2015 Because Utley is appealing his suspension, he gets to play until the appeal is heard. That won't be until at least tomorrow and probably not even then. Utley will play both games in New York. Link to comment
mojoween October 12, 2015 Share October 12, 2015 (edited) No that's bullshit! His foot came back down on the bag before the 3B re-tagged him! Ugh whatever I hate the Astros. Edited October 12, 2015 by mojoween Link to comment
AndreaK1041 October 12, 2015 Share October 12, 2015 (edited) Because Utley is appealing his suspension, he gets to play until the appeal is heard. That won't be until at least tomorrow and probably not even then. Utley will play both games in New York. That is total bullshit. If that's the rule, they should hurry up and hold a hearing. ETA: Looks like the Royals small ball expertise is back... this is fun to watch. Edited October 12, 2015 by AndreaK1041 Link to comment
mojoween October 12, 2015 Share October 12, 2015 This game canNOT go into extras because once again I am waiting until the end of the game to go to the store. This time it's the grocery store but still. Good on the Royals for coming back though! 1 Link to comment
Moose135 October 12, 2015 Share October 12, 2015 Ugh whatever I hate the Astros. I'm still wondering why they are playing the Royals, the Astros are supposed to be a National League team... 1 Link to comment
jennifer6973 October 12, 2015 Share October 12, 2015 I'm guessing I'm the only one who wants to see a Texas/Houston ALCS matchup. I have no idea why, but I think it would be cool. Link to comment
King of Birds October 12, 2015 Share October 12, 2015 This game canNOT go into extras because once again I am waiting until the end of the game to go to the store. This time it's the grocery store but still. Why doesn't the MLB doesn't consult mojoween on schedules? I'm not an Astros FAN but I'm cheering for them to make this bottom of the 9th interesting. 1 Link to comment
smittykins October 12, 2015 Author Share October 12, 2015 I'm still wondering why they are playing the Royals, the Astros are supposed to be a National League team...The Astros joined the AL in 2013. Which is something I keep forgetting. Link to comment
AimingforYoko October 12, 2015 Share October 12, 2015 Looks like both AL series are going to Game 5. The mighty Blue Jays bats have awoken. 1 Link to comment
shoregirl October 12, 2015 Share October 12, 2015 (edited) Oh No Governor of Texas . Why would you tweet that? http://deadspin.com/getting-a-little-ahead-of-yourself-there-governor-1736122933 Edited October 12, 2015 by shoregirl 3 Link to comment
jennifer6973 October 12, 2015 Share October 12, 2015 Note to self, don't publicly state who I want to win. (With that said at least I am not the Texas Gov) Link to comment
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