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  1. #41
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    Quote Originally Posted by duketaylor View Post
    Nobody's around to talk Nats on what could be an historic night (meaning now)!!

    Four outs away from the World Series!!!!

    This post coming from someone who hasn't posted in a few minutes (er, months)!

    GO NATS!!!
    I’m still getting used to the idea. Now I get to worry that a long layoff will kill all of this momentum.
    JBDuke

    Andre Dawkins: “People ask me if I can still shoot, and I ask them if they can still breathe. That’s kind of the same thing.”

  2. #42
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    Just got home from the game. Unreal. Still can’t believe it. So happy for this team. Also great to see Werth celebrating with his old teammates. I was happy just to get to the post season but now I’m getting greedy and want 4 more wins!
       

  3. #43
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    Congrats to the Expo ex-pats.
    "Amazing what a minute can do."

  4. #44
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    Congrats to Nats. And I think if Yankees win tonight, ALCS is going 7. Nats will have their staff lined up and AL champ will have some fatigued bullpens.

    That said, Astros, if they get by, will have their rotation right, too. I think Astros want Greinke game 1 to ensure Cole and Verlander games 6 and 7. And you get Greinke in one NL home game (game 5) so he can hit.

    Tonight’s game is going to be 5 hours with all the pitching changes. My lord the Yankees play the longest games.
       

  5. #45
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    Quote Originally Posted by A-Tex Devil View Post
    Congrats to Nats. And I think if Yankees win tonight, ALCS is going 7. Nats will have their staff lined up and AL champ will have some fatigued bullpens.

    That said, Astros, if they get by, will have their rotation right, too. I think Astros want Greinke game 1 to ensure Cole and Verlander games 6 and 7. And you get Greinke in one NL home game (game 5) so he can hit.

    Tonight’s game is going to be 5 hours with all the pitching changes. My lord the Yankees play the longest games.
    Tonight's game isn't going to happen. I'm watching the clouds roll in from my office about five miles south of Yankee Stadium and it is forecasted to start pouring around lunch time in NY. I assume this will allow both teams to go back to their game 1 starters for game 4 but they will lose the off day so if this goes 6 or 7 it could start getting really interesting.

  6. #46
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    Quote Originally Posted by CrazyNotCrazie View Post
    Tonight's game isn't going to happen. I'm watching the clouds roll in from my office about five miles south of Yankee Stadium and it is forecasted to start pouring around lunch time in NY. I assume this will allow both teams to go back to their game 1 starters for game 4 but they will lose the off day so if this goes 6 or 7 it could start getting really interesting.
    I for one am rooting for the Yankees' season to last as long as possible for MLS playoff purposes.

  7. #47
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    2007 Layoff -- Ugh!

    Quote Originally Posted by JBDuke View Post
    I’m still getting used to the idea. Now I get to worry that a long layoff will kill all of this momentum.
    In 2007 the Colorado Rockies, my alternate favorite team to the Nats, finished the regular season winning 14 of 15 to edge into the playoffs. The Rockies then swept the Phillies and the Diamondbacks to enter the World Series having won 20 of 21.

    There was a nine-day delay for the Rockies between the end of the NLCS on October 15 and the first game of the Series on October 24 because the Red Sox-Indians series took seven games. The Nats got swept by the Red Sox. I have always thought the delay was a harmful factor for the Rockies. On the other hand, teams are different, and perhaps the veteran players and pitchers of the Nats will come through this year.
    Sage Grouse

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  8. #48
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    Quote Originally Posted by sagegrouse View Post
    In 2007 the Colorado Rockies, my alternate favorite team to the Nats, finished the regular season winning 14 of 15 to edge into the playoffs. The Rockies then swept the Phillies and the Diamondbacks to enter the World Series having won 20 of 21.

    There was a nine-day delay for the Rockies between the end of the NLCS on October 15 and the first game of the Series on October 24 because the Red Sox-Indians series took seven games. The Nats got swept by the Red Sox. I have always thought the delay was a harmful factor for the Rockies. On the other hand, teams are different, and perhaps the veteran players and pitchers of the Nats will come through this year.
    I can't find the source of this stat, but on the radio this AM I heard that the last 10 teams to sweep the LCS are 1-9 in the World Series. Yuck. Here's hoping the Nats can keep their mojo while waiting for Tuesday.

  9. #49
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    Quote Originally Posted by mkirsh View Post
    I can't find the source of this stat, but on the radio this AM I heard that the last 10 teams to sweep the LCS are 1-9 in the World Series. Yuck. Here's hoping the Nats can keep their mojo while waiting for Tuesday.
    Here's a MLB.com story that it's 1-8 for the last nine teams to do so:
    https://www.mlb.com/news/every-sweep-in-lcs-history
    According to the piece, there have been 9 teams to sweep an LCS since 1988, with the 1995 Atlanta Braves (not to be confused with the Cobb County Barves) standing as the only one to win a Series (4-0 over Cincinnati in NLCS, 4-2 over Cleveland to complete the "Take THAT, William Sherman" conquest of Ohio).

  10. #50
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    Quote Originally Posted by CrazyNotCrazie View Post
    Tonight's game isn't going to happen. I'm watching the clouds roll in from my office about five miles south of Yankee Stadium and it is forecasted to start pouring around lunch time in NY. I assume this will allow both teams to go back to their game 1 starters for game 4 but they will lose the off day so if this goes 6 or 7 it could start getting really interesting.
    Spot on. Game 4 officially PPD-Rain
    "Amazing what a minute can do."

  11. #51
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    Cardinals hitting coach Jeff Albert will return in 2020.

    The front office sure does love that not-panicking look.

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  12. #52
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tripping William View Post
    Spot on. Game 4 officially PPD-Rain
    Interesting. Greinke can’t have three clunkers in a row (although he wasn’t horrible in Game 1 of ALCS). And Astros have hit Tanaka before.

    It makes Game 7 a bullpen game as well.
       

  13. #53
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    The Nationals are going to have an undesirable amount of downtime between series.
       

  14. #54
    Quote Originally Posted by A-Tex Devil View Post
    It makes Game 7 a bullpen game as well.
    I think it's more likely both Severino and Cole are saved for a potential game 7 on regular rest. Maybe the team that's down pushes their guy up to game 6, though I think that's pretty unlikely for Severino, coming off his highest pitch count, by a decent margin, so far.
    Demented and sad, but social, right?

  15. #55
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    Quote Originally Posted by Blue in the Face View Post
    I think it's more likely both Severino and Cole are saved for a potential game 7 on regular rest. Maybe the team that's down pushes their guy up to game 6, though I think that's pretty unlikely for Severino, coming off his highest pitch count, by a decent margin, so far.
    You are right. I had my days off. Game 6 would only be on 3 days rest for those guys.

  16. #56
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    Man the FS1 booth seemed deflated when Correa hit his home run. Don’t be so glum Joe and John!
       

  17. #57
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    Home plate ump is so bad tonight. None of the hitters or pitchers know what to do.
       

  18. #58
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    Quote Originally Posted by A-Tex Devil View Post
    Home plate ump is so bad tonight. None of the hitters or pitchers know what to do.
    Yep, it’s a shame to see that in such an important game. These are supposed to be the best the MLB has but there were pitches several inches outside of the zone called strikes and clear strikes called balls.
       

  19. #59
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    Quote Originally Posted by mr. synellinden View Post
    Yep, it’s a shame to see that in such an important game. These are supposed to be the best the MLB has but there were pitches several inches outside of the zone called strikes and clear strikes called balls.
    Especially when the computers are so accurate. It's time to move to Robo-ump at the plate. I think the benefits far outweigh the downside with current technology.

  20. #60
    Quote Originally Posted by mkirsh View Post
    Especially when the computers are so accurate. It's time to move to Robo-ump at the plate. I think the benefits far outweigh the downside with current technology.
    Totally agree. When the missed calls are so obvious with the electronic strike zone on TV and the calls could be made instantly by computer, it's frustrating to see a person miss so many calls in important games, even when it benefits my team and especially when it hurts my team.

    (This isn't intended as a partisan comment for Andrew Yang's automation-based campaign.)

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