2022 MLB Postseason Results (Spoilers!) & MLB.tv

[Déjà Bru]

Originally Posted by Déjà Bru

And so, Day 2 begins. I am developing my favorites ...

Originally Posted by Westheim

Three runs in 24 innings. Offense ain't the Guardians' forte, huh?

You guys made fun (I'm sure, someplace ) of their new team nickname, but the Guardians advance to the ALDS. They were one of my developing favorites ... uh, until I realized that they now face the Yankees. Gulp.

And in Seattle vs. Toronto, may the best team win! I mean, LITERALLY. For, I want that team to beat Houston. For two reasons: 1) I dislike the Astr*s, and 2) I fear the Astr*s.

[Galeg]

Originally Posted by Westheim

Three runs in 24 innings. Offense ain't the Guardians' forte, huh?

Better than 2 in 24, which is all that matters at this point. And I'll take facing NYY pitching over TB anyday.

[monkeyman576]

I could see the Yankees AND Astros both losing in the ALDS.

[thehef]

Funny to see the Mets try and get cute with their pitching plans, only to see them foiled immediately after the game one result.

For those who weren’t aware, the plan was to start Scherzer in game one - and win it - then use Bassitt in game two - with plan A being a quick sweep, then vs the Dodgers starting DeGrom in game one and Scherzer in game two. Plan B was using DeGrom in a deciding game three vs the Padres.

How quickly they’ve been forced to resort to Plan C 😊

Note: It’s not actually a bad plan at all, but to announce it so brazenly makes the instant foiling of the plan a bit entertaining. Especially considering how Showalter carries himself as some sort of mastermind strategist.

[monkeyman576]

Just your every day 7 run comeback, no great achievement...

[Amazin69]

Originally Posted by Déjà Bru

Uh-oh. No ghost runner on second base in extra-inning playoff games. Imagine the ESPN executives sweating: 3:30 PM; TB-CLE 0-0 in the 11th; no end in sight; they're committed to telecasting Seattle/Toronto or North Carolina at Miami at 4PM. "Call Manfred. See if anything can be done!"

Oh, FFS. I turned the game off after 9, because I've never seen a ghost runner and refuse to change (yes, even if the Mets were in Game 7 of the series)…and I forgot that this abomination is on the shelf now that we're past "the exhibition season". (As Wayne Gretzky once derided the regular season in hockey…way to thank the fans who paid to see those games, Gretz!…and Manfred apparently thinks he's Gary Bettman; one set of rules all year long, and then a different one come playoff time.)

So I missed a classic. (I caught the Blue Jays cruising to an easy victory…oh, wait…instead.). I was wondering how Gonzalez hit a walk-off with a guy on 2b and yet it was a 1-0 final; figured the "ghost" was picked off or caught stealing or something like that. Huh.

Okay, lesson (hopefully) learned. I'll do better next time.

[Déjà Bru]

ESPN's take on the LDS:

Houston's concern level: rising (still favored, but Seattle seems comfortable and has momentum)

New York's concern level: boiling over (they need to rely on their power which, if it doesn't come, will set them up as clay pigeons for Cleveland which knows how to play the game the right way)

Atlanta's concern level: steady and low (they are "fully stocked, rested, confident and totally unconcerned" but they had better not underestimate Philadelphia)

Los Angeles' concern level: "It never rains in Southern California" (meaning, it will be a colossal upset for San Diego to beat them)*

*After all, the song goes on to say:
But [man], don't they warn ya?
It pours, man, it pours

[Westheim]

For whom does a grumpy Mets fan root in the first NLDS game today?

A) Barves
B) Philthies

Yes, the answer is C) The Earthquake.

[Déjà Bru]

Originally Posted by Westheim

For whom does a grumpy Mets fan root in the first NLDS game today?

A) Barves
B) Philthies

Yes, the answer is C) The Earthquake.

B) Philthies. Reason? The moronic Atlanta Braves Tomahawk Chop.

[Westheim]

Originally Posted by Déjà Bru

B) Philthies. Reason? The moronic Atlanta Braves Tomahawk Chop.

Valid argument, I will consider it.

[Amazin69]

Dude, I'm just rooting for the (former) Mets DP Combo of the Future and the rest of the 'dians. (And Seattle because…Astros.)

Everything else is just noise.

(Although if I have to see Emma Stone's fake "husband" drag her to any more Padres games, I may gain a new appreciation of Dodger Blue, I'll admit.)

I grant you, with my Philly roots and my general tolerance for our "little brothers", they should be an easy call against the Noc-a-Homas. But "rooting for" Bryce Harper? Eek.

[Déjà Bru]

Originally Posted by Amazin69

Dude, I'm just rooting for the (former) Mets DP Combo of the Future and the rest of the 'dians. (And Seattle because…Astros.)

Everything else is just noise.

(Although if I have to see Emma Stone's fake "husband" drag her to any more Padres games, I may gain a new appreciation of Dodger Blue, I'll admit.)

I grant you, with my Philly roots and my general tolerance for our "little brothers", they should be an easy call against the Noc-a-Homas. But "rooting for" Bryce Harper? Eek.

I hear you, plus the bums fired my man Joe Girardi after a 22-29 start. I bet he's watching right now, rooting for his old team anyway.

But you have to pick somebody, and over the years, watching the beer-bellies go "Whoa ... whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa ... [lower tone] whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa" while doing that nonsense with their fat arms; well, I've had enough.

None of that going on right now, is there?

[Westheim]

Originally Posted by Amazin69

Dude, I'm just rooting for the (former) Mets DP Combo of the Future and the rest of the 'dians. (And Seattle because…Astros.)

I only root for Andres Gimenez. I almost bawled when the Mets traded him for Lindor. Rosario could have hung dead over the fence around the yard here and I wouldn't have cared.

[Déjà Bru]

You know, the pitcher for Atlanta is fried. Fried to the max, I tell you!

No, he's not drunk. He's Max Fried.



Philadelphia is frying him right now, though.

[Déjà Bru]

Wow, they needed every one of those seven runs, in the end.

[Déjà Bru]

Switching channels, I see that the M's had absolutely no respect for Justin Verlander. No fear, either. Would "teed off on him" be overstatement?

[BBGiovanni]

Originally Posted by Westheim

Imagine what. MLB TV also works in ******** countries again, like, y'know, Germany.

From what I could look up quickly, the MLB TV subscription is no longer valid for the playoffs for international subscribers IF (and only IF) there is a rightsholder with a licence in that country (f.e. Canada, Australia, UK, Netherlands and a few more).

But what Numbfred's minions did was to hit the killswitch for EVERYBODY.

Bunch of numbnuts......

I'm glad they figured it out, as I read I thought I should suggest you complain to them. Not that they care, but a lot of times with MLB.tv it seems like some feature is broken when it's rolled out and they figure it out shortly.


Now, it's hard to imagine why the Dutch rights, say, are so critically important that they don't want people streaming. I'll have to ask my Italian friends, I'm pretty sure they have MLB broadcasts but I thought people were streaming.

[Déjà Bru]

[Language cleaned up] Oh, heck. It's like a darned nightmare with those characters from Space City. Fie upon them.

[cephasjames]

I detest both Cleveland and New York. This is tough series for me.

[dsvitak]

Nice to see Mantle hit a homer for the Yankees.