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  • Capybara
    SBR Posting Legend
    • 08-17-08
    • 11803

    #1996
    Originally posted by BigSpoon
    Not a good feeling going with R.A. Dickey with the season on the line vs the Rangers today. Would feel more confident if Price started on short rest.
    I'm on Dickey -- he gets it done today!

    The question now is how much of my retirement fund do I put on Jake Superman Arrieta?
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    • koz-man
      SBR Hall of Famer
      • 11-21-08
      • 7102

      #1997
      Originally posted by BigSpoon
      Not a good feeling going with R.A. Dickey with the season on the line vs the Rangers today. Would feel more confident if Price started on short rest.
      That a tough call right there.....????
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      • EmpireMaker
        SBR Posting Legend
        • 06-18-09
        • 15582

        #1998
        Originally posted by BigSpoon
        Not a good feeling going with R.A. Dickey with the season on the line vs the Rangers today. Would feel more confident if Price started on short rest.
        I can't believe Texas started Holland he has been horrible for the last month or more, and he got lit up early and often as expected. Dickey has been quite good lately although there is always a chance for a really bad one out of him. They warmed Price up to relieve last night so that kind of pushed him back to game 5. As much of a playoff choker as Price has been I feel better with Dickey starting than him. I went heavy on the Blue Jays today, and I won't tomorrow.
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        • EmpireMaker
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          • 06-18-09
          • 15582

          #1999
          Jays are bringing Price in to relieve today, very interesting. Looks like Stroman starts game 5.
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          • EmpireMaker
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            • 06-18-09
            • 15582

            #2000
            One pitch to get Choo out, good move by Gibbons Choo and Beltre were a combined 4-4 vs Dickey and now Price can relieve tomorrow too.
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            • Shortstop
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              • 01-02-09
              • 27281

              #2001
              OCTOBER MONDAY MADNESS!

              Four playoff games throughout the entire day. I wish it was like this every day!
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              • EmpireMaker
                SBR Posting Legend
                • 06-18-09
                • 15582

                #2002
                Originally posted by Shortstop
                OCTOBER MONDAY MADNESS!

                Four playoff games throughout the entire day. I wish it was like this every day!
                Good stuff today, quite logical outcomes too (which is always nice).
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                • EmpireMaker
                  SBR Posting Legend
                  • 06-18-09
                  • 15582

                  #2003
                  Although I can't believe KC came back on Houston like that at the end.
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                  • BarkingToad
                    SBR Hall of Famer
                    • 08-31-08
                    • 5913

                    #2004
                    Who says you need pitching to win in the playoffs after yesterday?
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                    • Chi_archie
                      SBR Aristocracy
                      • 07-22-08
                      • 63172

                      #2005
                      pitching and defense help get you to the playoffs, they don't have as many hot and cold streaks as hitting

                      but hitting can surely WIN you the playoffs if you are hot enough
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                      • BigSpoon
                        SBR MVP
                        • 11-04-10
                        • 4113

                        #2006
                        Can the Cardinals and Dodgers both win tonight to give us a Game 5 in all of the divisional series?
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                        • koz-man
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                          • 11-21-08
                          • 7102

                          #2007
                          Originally posted by BigSpoon
                          Can the Cardinals and Dodgers both win tonight to give us a Game 5 in all of the divisional series?
                          I hope so... I want more BB!!!!!

                          But got to think at least one of them goes home....
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                          • Otters27
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                            • 07-14-07
                            • 30760

                            #2008
                            I don't understand why the Blue jays didn't try to save price for Wed with such a big lead
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                            • EmpireMaker
                              SBR Posting Legend
                              • 06-18-09
                              • 15582

                              #2009
                              Originally posted by BarkingToad
                              Who says you need pitching to win in the playoffs after yesterday?
                              Harvey, Arrieta and Dickey were the best pitchers in those matchups, I liked McCullers a bit more than Ventura but it was pretty close.
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                              • EmpireMaker
                                SBR Posting Legend
                                • 06-18-09
                                • 15582

                                #2010
                                Lackey is better than Hammel but the Cubs are better hitters, I want to take the Cubs but I'm not sure Hammel can keep them in it.
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                                • Shortstop
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                                  • 01-02-09
                                  • 27281

                                  #2011
                                  Originally posted by BarkingToad
                                  Who says you need pitching to win in the playoffs after yesterday?
                                  Yeah, yesterday was definitely an "Over's Delight"


                                  Originally posted by Chi_archie
                                  pitching and defense help get you to the playoffs, they don't have as many hot and cold streaks as hitting

                                  but hitting can surely WIN you the playoffs if you are hot enough
                                  Word! That's a major reason why this postseason has been so entertaining, yet very unpredictable...
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                                  • Shortstop
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                                    • 01-02-09
                                    • 27281

                                    #2012
                                    What do you all think about the 2-2-1 Best-of-5 format?

                                    I could be wrong, but wasn't it a 2-3 format several years ago?
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                                    • Andy117
                                      SBR Hall of Famer
                                      • 02-07-10
                                      • 9511

                                      #2013
                                      Originally posted by Shortstop
                                      What do you all think about the 2-2-1 Best-of-5 format?

                                      I could be wrong, but wasn't it a 2-3 format several years ago?
                                      I don't remember a 2-3 series. 2-2-1 is really the only way to go.
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                                      • EmpireMaker
                                        SBR Posting Legend
                                        • 06-18-09
                                        • 15582

                                        #2014
                                        During the time that the League Championship Series was best-of-five, a "2-3" format was used, with one team hosting the first two games, the other the last three (these respective roles alternating between the Eastern and Western Division champions regardless of which one finished with the better regular-season record). This procedure was repeated at first when the best-of-five Division Series was added in 1995 (except that two of each league's now three division winners hosted three games and the wild card could never do so), but starting in 1998 the home-field advantage was awarded to the two division winners in each league that had the best records; also in 1998, the "2-2-1" format was instituted, the team with the home-field advantage being given the first, second and fifth games at home instead of the third, fourth and fifth. For the 2012 postseason, the Division Series reverted to "2-3".
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                                        • Andy117
                                          SBR Hall of Famer
                                          • 02-07-10
                                          • 9511

                                          #2015
                                          I also prefer 2-2-1-1-1 for a 7 game series.
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                                          • Chi_archie
                                            SBR Aristocracy
                                            • 07-22-08
                                            • 63172

                                            #2016
                                            Originally posted by Andy117
                                            I don't remember a 2-3 series. 2-2-1 is really the only way to go.
                                            I don't recall a 2-3 format either

                                            I don't think they'd want to give the team with homefield advantage a chance at being in a 0-2 hole after the first two games and have zero home games to that point
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                                            • Otters27
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                                              • 07-14-07
                                              • 30760

                                              #2017
                                              Kershaw needs to still win both games he pitches in the next series to redeem himself.
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                                              • koz-man
                                                SBR Hall of Famer
                                                • 11-21-08
                                                • 7102

                                                #2018
                                                Originally posted by Andy117
                                                I also prefer 2-2-1-1-1 for a 7 game series.
                                                I like this also... But they argue about the traveling to much.
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                                                • BigSpoon
                                                  SBR MVP
                                                  • 11-04-10
                                                  • 4113

                                                  #2019
                                                  I am emotionally spent, so happy and relieved. Bring on the Astros or Royals in the ALCS.
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                                                  • Shortstop
                                                    BARRELED IN @ SBR!
                                                    • 01-02-09
                                                    • 27281

                                                    #2020
                                                    Originally posted by Andy117
                                                    I also prefer 2-2-1-1-1 for a 7 game series.
                                                    Originally posted by koz-man
                                                    I like this also... But they argue about the traveling to much.
                                                    I'm torn between the 2-2-1-1-1 and the 2-3-2.

                                                    The travel definitely plays a factor, especially if it's an east coast team and a west coast team.

                                                    Thinking it over, I prefer the 2-2-1-1-1...
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                                                    • Shortstop
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                                                      • 01-02-09
                                                      • 27281

                                                      #2021
                                                      Originally posted by EmpireMaker
                                                      During the time that the League Championship Series was best-of-five, a "2-3" format was used, with one team hosting the first two games, the other the last three (these respective roles alternating between the Eastern and Western Division champions regardless of which one finished with the better regular-season record). This procedure was repeated at first when the best-of-five Division Series was added in 1995 (except that two of each league's now three division winners hosted three games and the wild card could never do so), but starting in 1998 the home-field advantage was awarded to the two division winners in each league that had the best records; also in 1998, the "2-2-1" format was instituted, the team with the home-field advantage being given the first, second and fifth games at home instead of the third, fourth and fifth. For the 2012 postseason, the Division Series reverted to "2-3".

                                                      Thanks, EM! I'm not losing my mind after all!
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                                                      • Shortstop
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                                                        • 01-02-09
                                                        • 27281

                                                        #2022
                                                        Originally posted by BigSpoon
                                                        I am emotionally spent, so happy and relieved. Bring on the Astros or Royals in the ALCS.
                                                        Congrats, Spoon! What a thrill it must be!
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                                                        • Shortstop
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                                                          • 01-02-09
                                                          • 27281

                                                          #2023
                                                          deGrom and Greinke tomorrow night could very well be an instant classic.

                                                          I'm really looking forward to that one. Does anyone dare take the Over? I might?

                                                          I also like the Mets to win and advance!
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                                                          • EmpireMaker
                                                            SBR Posting Legend
                                                            • 06-18-09
                                                            • 15582

                                                            #2024
                                                            Originally posted by Shortstop
                                                            deGrom and Greinke tomorrow night could very well be an instant classic.

                                                            I'm really looking forward to that one. Does anyone dare take the Over? I might?

                                                            I also like the Mets to win and advance!
                                                            O/U is 6 Hard to get that one over unless Greinke implodes and that is hard to imagine. I am rolling with my Mets. deGrom can pitch with anyone and the Mets are better hitters at this point than the Dodgers.

                                                            This could be a pitching classic. The Tex/Tor game today was a classic in a different way, but if you saw it you will never forget it.
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                                                            • Capybara
                                                              SBR Posting Legend
                                                              • 08-17-08
                                                              • 11803

                                                              #2025
                                                              Originally posted by EmpireMaker
                                                              O/U is 6 Hard to get that one over unless Greinke implodes and that is hard to imagine. I am rolling with my Mets. deGrom can pitch with anyone and the Mets are better hitters at this point than the Dodgers.

                                                              This could be a pitching classic. The Tex/Tor game today was a classic in a different way, but if you saw it you will never forget it.
                                                              Don't think I'd touch the O/U. Might have to throw something on deGrom at plus money, he is nastier than Greinke and as EM says, I'll take those bats overall. But really who knows, could be a classic.

                                                              Sadly, I missed the craziness in Toronto today. Can't believe what I'm hearing!
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                                                              • Robber
                                                                SBR Hall of Famer
                                                                • 10-21-09
                                                                • 6432

                                                                #2026
                                                                Wildest 7th inning I've ever seen
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                                                                • Capybara
                                                                  SBR Posting Legend
                                                                  • 08-17-08
                                                                  • 11803

                                                                  #2027
                                                                  Joey Bats with possibly the biggest, baddest stand-and-watch-and-then-flip-the-bat E V E R .
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                                                                  • EmpireMaker
                                                                    SBR Posting Legend
                                                                    • 06-18-09
                                                                    • 15582

                                                                    #2028
                                                                    That 7th inning was insane today, catcher throwing back to pitcher hits batters bat and run scores from third, 3 straight errors and a seeing eye bloop followed by a Bautista BOMB in the bottom half. and a catcher getting taken out by a clean hard slide.
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                                                                    • BigSpoon
                                                                      SBR MVP
                                                                      • 11-04-10
                                                                      • 4113

                                                                      #2029
                                                                      Originally posted by Shortstop
                                                                      Congrats, Spoon! What a thrill it must be!
                                                                      Cheers Shortshop, still plenty of intense playoff baseball to go.
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                                                                      • BigSpoon
                                                                        SBR MVP
                                                                        • 11-04-10
                                                                        • 4113

                                                                        #2030
                                                                        Originally posted by EmpireMaker
                                                                        That 7th inning was insane today, catcher throwing back to pitcher hits batters bat and run scores from third, 3 straight errors and a seeing eye bloop followed by a Bautista BOMB in the bottom half. and a catcher getting taken out by a clean hard slide.
                                                                        Anyone who watched that game yesterday will never forget it. An instant classic.

                                                                        Really looking forward to Mets-Dodgers Game 5 tonight.
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