I feel like the term “pennant chase” is used kind of to describe the race to the postseason during the regular season, but you don’t actually get to win a pennant until you are the last team standing in the league championship series. I guess you also don’t get a pennant once you win the World Series because the prize is a hunk of metal with a bunch of pokey things that can take your eye out.
Anyway, before we get to the World Series, the final four teams will vie for their respective league’s pennant. Between the Dodgers and Mets trading beatdowns and the Yankees taking advantage of some dumbness from Cleveland in their initial game of the ALCS, I can see both series going the distance, especially when nobody can run out a full rotation anymore and have to resort to bullpen games by design or by necessity. We could see another Subway Series (great for New York, not so great for the rest of us), a New York vs LA thing, or a true underdog story of sorts. I think MLB would like the first two, but Cleveland fans wouldn’t mind another shot at not blowing a 3-1 lead?
I did notice that the World Series is doing the Friday-Saturday thing, avoiding football on Thursday and Sunday. The full schedule of remaining games is here, and I’d be curious to see who comes out on top, and we can make our best guesses in the comments.
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I feel like the Mets have magical momentum on their side, and Cleveland may have forced extras if their reliever hadn’t wild-pitched them into the lead, but it’s a hard thing to predict baseball /YCPB
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Wow, Aaron Rodgers has probably more pull than he deserves eh
https://x.com/EVR551/status/1846224858751160419?t=59fXah2sNOKiheUGZIKKNw&s=19
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Bah. Two squares.
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Oh noooooo
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Yankees going to win based on Cleveland derps
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Cleveland has a chance to take advantage of a Yankees derp
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They did not
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Cleveland cloggin up the bases the inning
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Closer but not quite tied
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TOOTBLAN!
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Rizzo β€οΈ
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TOOTBLAN!
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Judgment rendered
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Whilst walking dog today I was thinking to myself how convenient it was that the Yankees and Mets won’t be at home at the same time this week
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Actually kind of impressive how few Dodgers actually racked up 100 RBI
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Rice Cube,
Being deafened by your stadium sound system makes you slower to react in high leverage situations, I guess.
berseliusQuote Reply
Wait what, PCA isn’t a GG finalist?
berseliusQuote Reply
berselius,
It is blasphemy
Rice CubeQuote Reply
It will be fun to see how MLB fixes this
https://www.bleachernation.com/cubs/2024/10/16/the-rays-reportedly-will-not-be-able-to-play-at-hurricane-ravaged-tropicana-field-to-open-the-2025-season/
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Rice Cube,
Playing the season in the Oakland Coliseum would be the funniest thing (dying laughing).
My guess is they play in a spring training park.
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berselius,
Yeah I had considered that but that would be two MLB teams playing in less-than-MLB facilities this season, at least it gets the ball rolling to build that new Rays stadium
Rice CubeQuote Reply
I guess three years of barnstorming is a bit much and I’m unsure how quickly they can fasttrack it anyway
https://www.sportico.com/leagues/baseball/2024/tampa-bay-rays-final-approval-new-stadium-1234791361/
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Rice Cube,
This is florida we’re talking about, it would probably fit into the character of the state if they just slapped on a bunch of plywood and sheet metal to cover the stadium until the new one is done.
berseliusQuote Reply
berselius,
I’m not sure how big OSHA is in Florida but Brett’s writeup suggests there are other structural concerns besides just not having a roof
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https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/im-an-undecided-hobbit-torn-between-a-dark-lord-who-promises-an-age-of-chaos-and-an-elf-queen-whom-i-just-wish-i-knew-more-about
(dying laughing)
berseliusQuote Reply
Rice Cube,
just cover up any extra holes with some Jimmy Buffet posters and chicken wire, done.
berseliusQuote Reply
berselius,
Maybe this is a revenue opportunity, they can use this building material to put up more ads for injury lawyers and machine gun ranges
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berselius,
(I might hate Florida even more than LA, which is saying something)
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berselius,
Bugs Bunny Florida dot gif
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Our amusement will come to an end but baseball is probably better when the White Sox aren’t run like an afterthought
https://x.com/i/status/1846654840430383431
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A surprising amount of people remembered Travis Hafner.
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berselius,
Florida is objectively so much worse than LA. And I also hate LA. (dying laughing)
PerkinsQuote Reply
Pretty solid breakdown of all the headaches the Rays and MLB would have to deal with
https://youtu.be/E_NnxTbTfpc?si=mSKStXslbUW3tEGm
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Lots of funky bounces in today’s game
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What was the BCB thing? You can browse but you cannot participate?
https://x.com/HistoryInPics/status/1846725966808469624?t=ZeIFGge5OaP0dMHAjxJwzQ&s=19
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Defense in this game has been fantastic
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Shohei destroyed that baseball
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Muncy also killed a baseball
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Rice Cube,
I can’t argue with you today
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A lot of people remembered Carlos Lee was a Marlin.
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Ausmus!
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Rice Cube,
I too used Ausmus.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Yankees probably get at least one more run if not for TOOTBLAN madness
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Go Cleveland
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Rice Cube,
+1 Rec’d Turn It Green NAMBLA
berseliusQuote Reply
Starting an East Coast contest at 8 PM local time seems a poor decision
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Judged
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Stanton’d
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Well, that was a matchup you love to see. Doesnβt appear the Yankees intend to lose, I guess.
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andcounting,
Give them time…Cleveland threatening and still have the bottom of the 9th
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Shohei did a thing and that game just barely started
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This game is entertaining
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(dying laughing)
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Crazy win for Cleveland.
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Dodgers MVPs doing their thing tonight
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The dreaded 3-1 lead
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Kirby Puckett did most of the damage, but woof overall.
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The 40+ HR and 200+ hits for those teams are slim pickings
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Unsure if they’ve gone back to trading beatdowns here but the Mets are leading relatively comfortably early
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π»ββοΈ
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Mets Light-A-Mup-ing Flaherty
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Let’s go meteor love da meteor
berseliusQuote Reply
This be a beatdown
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Some kind of Pages pun
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Comeback? π
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Now that was a TOOTBLAN (dying laughing)
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That was an objectively bad pitch that Stanton justifiably destroyed
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Stanton murdered that baseball.
PerkinsQuote Reply
The likelihood of a Cleveland comeback still exists but they should probably start soon
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Oh no, YankEes
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Ah, former Cubs
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It’s a rough one out there for closers
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3000 K club really limits the choices
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Boosh
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Rice Cube,
I used Fergie-Blyleven-CC for that row.
Itβs also kind of insane to me how long it took Blyleven to get elected and how quickly it will probably go for CC.
PerkinsQuote Reply
I used Gaylord Perry, Carlton, and Seaver
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That was a relay anyone can appreciate
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Pretty nice
https://x.com/JeffPassan/status/1847793788967608713?t=Vr1JWkEuprSSeZICF8FMxw&s=19
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Holy shit Giancarlo Stanton.
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Stanton gonna be NLCS MVP?
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Perkins,
There was no reason to throw him that shit pitch
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Rice Cube,
Yeah he is on an absolute heater. I donβt know why anyone would pitch to him right now.
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Perkins,
Sarah Langs says every hit against Cleveland by Stanton has been a homer (dying laughing)
https://x.com/SlangsOnSports/status/1847824915866800151?t=ELXROSdDDGw8sTeDi5Q87w&s=19
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Soto!
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Soto bomb
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That ball just kinda kept going
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Yankees must return to the World Series at least once a decade or so
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Nice
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Hardest part was trying to remember a player who wasn’t Aaron Rowand for that square
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Rice Cube,
I used David Robertson but he was all the way up at 2%.
PerkinsQuote Reply
*big exhale*
Packers narrowly avoid losing to the Packers
berseliusQuote Reply
Seems the Vikings mismanaged their way out of a victory
Rice CubeQuote Reply
This bullpen game is not starting well
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Oopsy!
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Let’s go Mets reluctantly barely tolerating the mets
berseliusQuote Reply
Go Mets because LA is stupid.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Fixed
berseliusQuote Reply
Heh, this score at the moment is probably karmic given our rooting interests
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Ah yes of course, Tommy Edman
berseliusQuote Reply
Edman must not be that tall, seems barely a couple inches over Rosenthal
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Rice Cube,
At least taller than me, maybe he’s slouching
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Hoo boy
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Whispers *should have left Manaea in*
berseliusQuote Reply
That ball just kept going, must be a good night at the ravine
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Just listening on the radio, so I am assuming that about a third of the dodgers fans have left to beat the traffic
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Must be fun to be a Dodgers fan, he said just before a surprise Mets comeback
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Comeback slightly more difficult at this time π¬
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Can anyone explain why Seven Nation Army got so popular at ballparks?
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Congrats Dodgers
Now to see who NLCS MVP is
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12 LAD-NYY World Series eh
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I am rooting for Ohtani. And chaos otherwise.
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New shit you can listen to –> https://www.obstructedview.net/podcast/dreamcast-96-the-dream-matchup/
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