MLB stretch run and playoffs thread.

[© tweed]

about time for one of these.  I'll be your unofficial host and guest expert.  storylines to note.

TweedSuggests™: the outcome you should pull for / team you should root for.


AL East: Toronto beat NYY today, so Baltimore has a chance in the 7pm slot to tie NYY for first place.  Baltimore will hold the tiebreak over NYY so a tie = an effective half-game lead.  skin is in the game this time because the 2nd place finisher will have to play in the one-game coin-flip festival, reducing their chances of winning the World Series by half or so.

TweedSuggests™: Baltimore outright

AL Central:  Detroit and Chicago battle it out as agents of relative mediocrity for the (3) seed.  proving the absurdity of the Brave New Wild Card World. Tigers appear to be in solid shape, up one and faring well on the scoreboard so far today.

TweedSuggests™: a regular season tie and one-game playoff, failing that, Detroit, as thanks for knocking out the NYY in 2006 and 2011.

AL Wild Card: TweedSuggests™: the best hope for a sh**tshow, though hopes are dwindling.  the Angels can gain two more games on Texas this weekend.  this would pull Texas within 3 of LAA, and possibly less than that of Oakland, with 3 to play.  the Rays are 3 back but winning today...  we still could have an LAA/OAK/TEX/TB tie in some perfect world, where chaos would ensue.  pull for Oakland to lose, Tampa to win, LAA to win and TEX to lose until further notice

[© tweed]

come-from-behind Oakland victory (1 in 8th, 2 in 9th, 3 in 10th) is pretty devastating to LAA/TB.

[Speed of Sound]

come-from-behind Oakland victory (1 in 8th, 2 in 9th, 3 in 10th) is pretty devastating to LAA/TB.

Yeah, that should just about do it there. If Texas loses tonight, it leaves a real window for Oakland to still grab the division, as well. Shame for TB as they have such an incredible run differential and are on such a hot streak here. The perils of being an AL East team.

[© tweed]

TEX/LAA has been delayed almost 4 hours. lol

[Хahar 🤔]

let's go oakland

[Joe Biden 2020]

TEX/LAA has been delayed almost 4 hours. lol

Game was postponed.

My St Louis Cardinals are doing their very best to miss the playoffs.  They currently hold a 2 game lead for the second wild card spot over the Dodgers and a 3 game lead over the Brewers, I believe.  It could be 3.5, but I'm not sure.  I still think the Cardinals will do just enough to play the Wild Card Game agsint the Atlanta Braves.  The thing that worries me, though, is I haven't seen the same fire in the Redbirds that propelled them from mid-August 2011 through to the World Series Champions.  Losing Berkman is probably a big part of our trouble, but I think the worst group is the bullpen.

[RI]

let's go oakland

Fuck the A's.

I really want the Angels to make the playoffs; I think they'd have a great chance at going all the way if they could just make it in. I don't think it's going to happen though. Oakland and Baltimore just keep getting every break possible, and the Angels shot themselves in the foot in April and August. Ugh.

[Bacon King]

If the Braves win five games in a row now, and the Nationals lose five games in a row (i.e., the last four season games then a playoff in Washington) then Atlanta goes from being a Wildcard to being NL East winner. Statistically, there's apparently totally a 0.3% chance of that happening! It'd be nice for the Braves to not have to play the extra series against the Cardinals or whoever.

[© tweed]

CLUTCH 2-out, 2-run, GW double by Torii Hunter (who has had an amazing career) keeps the bottom end of the AL wild card interesting for a few more hours.

[RI]

CLUTCH 2-out, 2-run, GW double by Torii Hunter (who has had an amazing career) keeps the bottom end of the AL wild card interesting for a few more hours.

Yep, we needed that something fierce. Still need help from the Mariners though, but they've been pretty useless this year.

[Joe Biden 2020]

Hopefully, St Louis can take care of the Reds at home the next three days and solidify a spot in Atlanta for the NL Wild Card Game.

[RI]

CLUTCH 2-out, 2-run, GW double by Torii Hunter (who has had an amazing career) keeps the bottom end of the AL wild card interesting for a few more hours.

Yep, we needed that something fierce. Still need help from the Mariners though, but they've been pretty useless this year.

And they were still useless. Ugh. It's pretty much over now. I guess I'll have to root for a Washington-Baltimore World Series now.

[Speed of Sound]

Well, didn't take the Yanks long to stick the pressure back on the O's....7-0 in the 2nd v. Boston.

[Thomas D]

Nats NL East Champs.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

NATS BABY!!!  Let's go!

[Хahar 🤔]

Weren't you a Red Sox fan?

[Хahar 🤔]

suck it dodgers

[Dr. Cynic]

Another year... Another failed season for Pittsburgh.

Won't make the mistake of getting caught up in the hype if it happens next year. Once bitten, 20 years burned.

[dead0man]

Cub fan says-Give 'em another half a century or so

[Associate Justice PiT]

suck it dodgers

     Fools doubted the Giants and got burned. Losing Melky didn't slow this team one bit.

[© tweed]

really tough Yankee hater night last night

[patrick1]

Instead of messages about when playoff tickets go on sale, my inbox is greeted with this

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Instead of messages about when playoff tickets go on sale, my inbox is greeted with this

Mets and Jets......yeah your life sucks.

[patrick1]

Instead of messages about when playoff tickets go on sale, my inbox is greeted with this

Mets and Jets......yeah your life sucks.

Hey, don't forget the Islanders and Knicks.... Definitely just thinking about jumping on the Brooklyn Nets train though.  I absolutely loathe Dolan and supported the Nets when I was very young.

Re: Yankees, I am never surprised when they have some ridiculous comeback.

[© tweed]

yeah I'm totally off the Knicks wagon.  I like the Clippers better than any other team but prefer the Nets in NY context.