Do you yell out loud when your team is eliminated from the playoffs? - Page 2

curt · 08-02-2016, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by curt

I'll tell you tomorrow. Just finishing playoffs.

Still can't tell you my response yet. I won the NLDS.

swoboda · 08-03-2016, 05:51 PM

You've got to let the emotions out. After taking the lead in the top of the 13th, lost in the bottom of the 13th on a two out error by my first baseman last night. I sounded like my dog died..

r0nster · 08-03-2016, 06:58 PM

Ohh I have had many a days where I wanted to throw my laptop out the window over the years (since 2001)

RedbirdFan6 · 08-03-2016, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by r0nster

Ohh I have had many a days where I wanted to throw my laptop out the window over the years (since 2001)

ahhh. A fellow laptop gamer... I tip my cap to you sir.

old fat bald guy · 08-03-2016, 08:52 PM

My wife says: "I hate that game." I yell a lot.

jholland57 · 08-03-2016, 09:43 PM

Well, after that gut-wrenching loss I traded for Sonny Gray during the off season. It came at a great loss to my minor league system. We'll see if it makes any difference in the coming season. My wife hopes so.

r0nster · 08-03-2016, 10:35 PM

I use a laptop so I can always take the game with me on my travels

JPL86 · 08-04-2016, 11:09 AM

No, but I did hurt my back jumping out of my chair when my team won the World Series.

drksd4848 · 08-04-2016, 04:21 PM

I usually write a long diatribe post about how this game is fixed and all the outcomes are predetermined and how I'm done playing it.

Like there was this time when my team was in the world series and I was about to win game 5 and then my first baseman threw the ball away, and it was so obvious this game predetermined the winner.

Oh wait... that happened in real life. My mistake.

Lord PichuPal · 08-04-2016, 07:05 PM

I did build a team in my fictional game who made the playoffs one year after we'd fought hard all year to even be in position to make it, having to win a tiebreaker for the wild card on the final day. Got to the championship series, had the lead in Game 7 after we'd fought so hard to force it that far. Reliever who'd been undefeated in the regular season and one of our dominant arms comes into the game during either the 9th inning or extras on the road. Gives up a walk-off hit to lose the game, blow the series, and waste all our hard work at getting that close to a championship.

You better believe I was pissed off about that, so much in fact I let that pitcher walk in free agency and moved on without him for blowing it like that. But the following year it worked out as my team developed into one of the best in the league behind our pitching, and ultimately got back to the championship round as division champions, and swept the series to bring home our first title, and it felt amazing, especially having not done any cheap tricks like quitting the game without saving.

I get way too invested in my games in general, so I'm regularly getting mad and throwing a fit when my team loses or we play terribly despite how good we're supposed to be, or whenever I feel like I've been cheated by the system. I don't know how people manage to stay calm about that otherwise.

08-03-2016, 05:51 PM	#22
swoboda All Star Starter Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Guarding The Line Posts: 1,230	You've got to let the emotions out. After taking the lead in the top of the 13th, lost in the bottom of the 13th on a two out error by my first baseman last night. I sounded like my dog died.. __________________ "...If you want to look ahead to the bottom of the ninth, the Mets will be sending up Buddy Harrelson, Jerry Buchek , and Don Bosch, we'll be right back after this word from Rheingold Beer" The late great Lindsey Nelson

08-03-2016, 06:58 PM	#23
r0nster Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2006 Location: Michigan Posts: 3,083	Ohh I have had many a days where I wanted to throw my laptop out the window over the years (since 2001)

08-03-2016, 08:52 PM	#25
old fat bald guy Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 220	My wife says: "I hate that game." I yell a lot.

08-03-2016, 09:43 PM	#26
jholland57 Bat Boy Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 16	Well, after that gut-wrenching loss I traded for Sonny Gray during the off season. It came at a great loss to my minor league system. We'll see if it makes any difference in the coming season. My wife hopes so.

08-03-2016, 10:35 PM	#27
r0nster Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2006 Location: Michigan Posts: 3,083	I use a laptop so I can always take the game with me on my travels

08-04-2016, 11:09 AM	#28
JPL86 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 170	No, but I did hurt my back jumping out of my chair when my team won the World Series.

08-04-2016, 04:21 PM	#29
drksd4848 All Star Starter Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 1,932	I usually write a long diatribe post about how this game is fixed and all the outcomes are predetermined and how I'm done playing it. Like there was this time when my team was in the world series and I was about to win game 5 and then my first baseman threw the ball away, and it was so obvious this game predetermined the winner. Oh wait... that happened in real life. My mistake.

08-04-2016, 07:05 PM	#30
Lord PichuPal All Star Reserve Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Michigan Posts: 587	I did build a team in my fictional game who made the playoffs one year after we'd fought hard all year to even be in position to make it, having to win a tiebreaker for the wild card on the final day. Got to the championship series, had the lead in Game 7 after we'd fought so hard to force it that far. Reliever who'd been undefeated in the regular season and one of our dominant arms comes into the game during either the 9th inning or extras on the road. Gives up a walk-off hit to lose the game, blow the series, and waste all our hard work at getting that close to a championship. You better believe I was pissed off about that, so much in fact I let that pitcher walk in free agency and moved on without him for blowing it like that. But the following year it worked out as my team developed into one of the best in the league behind our pitching, and ultimately got back to the championship round as division champions, and swept the series to bring home our first title, and it felt amazing, especially having not done any cheap tricks like quitting the game without saving. I get way too invested in my games in general, so I'm regularly getting mad and throwing a fit when my team loses or we play terribly despite how good we're supposed to be, or whenever I feel like I've been cheated by the system. I don't know how people manage to stay calm about that otherwise.