MLB Baseball 2017

[T-Bone]

Is it wrong for me to hope that the Cubs lose just so we don't have to hear the stupid parade of "Back 2 da Future predicted it OMGOMGWTFBBQ"!!?

[Glork]

Two days ago: ALL TEXAS ALCS
Tonight: NO TEXAS ALCS



Also, fuck the Cubs.

[MonkeyMan576]

Toronto vs. Chicago would be a pretty damn interesting world series. Lots of power and high scoring games.

[hiplop]

Jays and Cubs are my two favourite teams and omg I would die of joy

[MonkeyMan576]

I am simming a 2015 WS Toronto vs. Chicago matchup at WhatifSports.com:

Game 1: @Toronto 6, Chicago 2 HR: Encarnacion(1,2) D. Price(7 IP, 2 ER, 5 K)
Game 2: Chicago 14, @Toronto 7 HR: Coughlan(1,2,3), Bryant(1), Schwarbert(1), Donaldson(1,2), Martin(1)
Game 3: Toronto 7, @Chicago 0 HR: Donaldson(3), Smoak(1), Martin(1) Buhrle(7 IP, 0 ER 1 H)
Game 4: Toronto 5, @Chicago 2 Price(7 IP, 2 ER)
Game 5: @Chicago 9, Toronto 8 HR: Rizzo(1,2), Fowler(1), Castro(1), Bautista(1), Martin(2), Encarnacion(3)
Game 6: @Toronto 19, Chicago 7 HR: Donaldson(3,4), Encarnacion(4), Martin(3), Millar(1), Rizzo(3), Schwarbert(2)

Toronto wins world series 4-2.

[T-Bone]

METS TO THE WORLD SERIES WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[MonkeyMan576]

13th inning...guess this world series will be a battle of who has the best bullpens.

Kansas City has the better bullpen, 2.72 ERA vs. 3.48 ERA, 539 IP vs. 460 IP, in a less pitcher friendly league. So while this looks like a close matchup, I think this is going to end Royals in 6.

[Bert]

Both teams have had outstanding pitching tonight
This Chris Young guy looks as tall as John Isner!

[Bert]

Looking like Medlen will be starting Game 4 - 45 pitches for Young. As a Braves fan, glad he gets another start.

[MonkeyMan576]

Yeah but the mets arent going to be able to win consistantly in closevgames.

[Bert]

Hoz with the GW sac fly!

[Bert]

Yost says Young's limit was 50, and he pitched 53....so he'll be pitching in Game 4 on 4 days rest. Guess Medlen will be saved in case Ventura or Cueto don't go deep. Curious to see which Cueto shows up today - he seems to be really fired up during home games but then lets the crowd get to him during away games. I like how he is pitching games 2 and 6 both at the K. It'll also be interesting to see if Volquez is OK and will be able to pitch Game 5 (or again in the series, for that matter).

Who are you rooting for? I'm into the Royals redeeming themselves, but the Mets have the underdog thing going. I like seeing new/expansion teams in the WS, so hopefully this goes 7! Plus both teams have styles enjoyable to watch. Mets starting rotation is stellar, just worry about their inexperience and pitching this late into the season (especially Thor, Harvey and Matz).

[MonkeyMan576]

I am an AL fan(Seattle) so I am rooting for the Royals.

[Sudo_Nym]

I have trouble seeing either the Mets (est. 1962) or the Royals (est. 1969) as "new/expansion teams", if I'm honest. 40+ years of existing would seem to be long enough to establish yourself.

[Bert]

The Royals threads are full of otter GIFs whenever they win. It's pretty cool!

[Bert]

Yeah, I see what you mean. Good point.

New/expansion probably is the wrong word to describe it. KC hasn't been taken seriously as a contender in so long, so it's just refreshing to see them make it far before their window with this core closes around '17
And Mets rather than the Yankees is refreshing to see too.

[Sudo_Nym]

I get what you mean, then. Last year was the first time the Royals had been in the WS since before I was born, and this is the first time the Mets have been in in almost a decade; it's nice to see things get mixed up, especially since the lack of salary cap means that top teams tend to stay top teams for a lot longer than in other sports. It's also a triumph of the Royal's farm system; a lot of the top guys on this team are people who were drafted with the top picks the Royals have gotten with years of bad performance, raised through their farm system, and now excelling on the roster. Eventually, their contracts will come due, and we'll see what happens then; I seem to recall the Royal's office as being pretty tight on the budget.

[T-Bone]

Damn that sucked last night.

[Bert]

Damn that sucked last night.

Fear the DeGrominator!

[Ythan]

shin guard

[Glork]

What exactly was there to fear?

[Bert]

Impressive win last night!

[D3f3nd3r]

Yankees fan me: Fuck the Mets, go sweep them KC!
Baseball fan me: The Royals have no chance, Mets are going to win in seven.

[T-Bone]

You're a Yankees fan too? Will your transgressions never end?

[D3f3nd3r]

Don't blame me for the allegiances that were driven into me as a five-year-old...

I'd ask what I ever did to you but oh wait that okay now I know