Mlb 2018

[Mormon Red Death]

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[UBlender]

Thanks for the free mlb.tv T-Mobile!

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I just did this for the first time. I've been watching on my phone. Do you get it on other devices or is it strictly your phone through T-Mobile?

[Mormon Red Death]

I just did this for the first time. I've been watching on my phone. Do you get it on other devices or is it strictly your phone through T-Mobile?Pretty much any device that has apps (roku, amazon fire, xbox ps3 or 4). I watch it thru the xbox mostly

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[Scorcho]

Portland looking to push for A's or Rays

http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/oregonian/john_canzano/index.ssf/2018/04/canzano_mlb_to_pdx_group_meets.html

[Mormon Red Death]

Two big tiebreakers today!

What's at stake in NL tiebreaker games?NL Central: Brewers-Cubs (1:05 ET, ESPN)

If Milwaukee wins: Brewers are NL Central champs, host NLDS vs. LAD/COL/CHC starting Thursday. Cubs host wild-card game vs. LAD/COL loser on Tuesday.
If Chicago wins: Cubs are NL Central champs, host NLDS vs. LAD/COL/MIL starting Thursday. Brewers host wild-card game vs. LAD/COL loser on Tuesday.
NL West: Rockies-Dodgers (4:09 ET, ESPN)

If Colorado wins: Rockies are NL West champs, host NLDS vs. ATL starting Thursday. Dodgers visit CHC/MIL loser for NL wild-card game on Tuesday.
If Los Angeles wins: Dodgers are NL West champs, host NLDS vs. ATL starting Thursday. Rockies visit CHC/MIL loser for NL wild-card game on Tuesday.

[LA Ute]

That Rockies-Cubs game was a classic. I was sorry anyone had to lose.

[Scratch]

That Rockies-Cubs game was a classic. I was sorry anyone had to lose.

I was not sorry that the Cubs had to lose. Nor will I be sorry when the Dodgers have to lose.

[sancho]

I was not sorry that the Cubs had to lose. Nor will I be sorry when the Dodgers have to lose.

Rooting guide:

NL: Rockies, Brewers are a yes. Dodgers, Braves are a no.

AL: A's, Astros are a yes. Yankees, Indians are a no.

[Scratch]

Rooting guide:

NL: Rockies, Brewers are a yes. Dodgers, Braves are a no.

AL: A's, Astros are a yes. Yankees, Indians are a no.

Not quite. Dodgers, Yankees, and Red Sox are all a no. Brewers, Rockies, Braves, and A's are all a yes. You can exercise your own discretion on the Astros and Indians.

[sancho]

Not quite. Dodgers, Yankees, and Red Sox are all a no. Brewers, Rockies, Braves, and A's are all a yes. You can exercise your own discretion on the Astros and Indians.

Oh yeah, the Red Sox. Definitely a no. We overlap quite a bit in this. Just swap the Astros and Braves, and you are in good shape.

[Applejack]

Not quite. Dodgers, Yankees, and Red Sox are all a no. Brewers, Rockies, Braves, and A's are all a yes. You can exercise your own discretion on the Astros and Indians.


Rooting guide:

NL: Rockies, Brewers are a yes. Dodgers, Braves are a no.

AL: A's, Astros are a yes. Yankees, Indians are a no.

I subscribe to a fairly simple philosophy when rooting for teams which I have no connection: I can't root for you if you are a "big market" team. Essentially, if people are sporting your hat in Panguitch, then you have too many bandwagoners and I hate you. Then, recent success tilts against me rooting for you.

So the Red Sox, Yankees, and Dodgers are a hard NO. I don't care if they haven't won for decades (or centuries in the case of the dodgers), I'm not joining that bandwagon.

The Brewers are YES. Minus points for the Rockies for being an expansion team during my sports-lifetime, but they are still good to go.

The Braves are a tough one because they are from a biggish market and they have a ton of bandwagoners from the TBS days (see, e.g., Scratch). I'll cheer for them anyway because they are like Buffalo-lite: they went to the top of the mountaintop a lot, but they usually left empty handed.

The Astros should be a NO because (a) they won very recently and (b) they are from a biggish market. But their retro unis are a classic, so go Stros!

[Diehard Ute]

I subscribe to a fairly simple philosophy when rooting for teams which I have no connection: I can't root for you if you are a "big market" team. Essentially, if people are sporting your hat in Panguitch, then you have too many bandwagoners and I hate you. Then, recent success tilts against me rooting for you.

So the Red Sox, Yankees, and Dodgers are a hard NO. I don't care if they haven't won for decades (or centuries in the case of the dodgers), I'm not joining that bandwagon.

The Brewers are YES. Minus points for the Rockies for being an expansion team during my sports-lifetime, but they are still good to go.

The Braves are a tough one because they are from a biggish market and they have a ton of bandwagoners from the TBS days (see, e.g., Scratch). I'll cheer for them anyway because they are like Buffalo-lite: they went to the top of the mountaintop a lot, but they usually left empty handed.

The Astros should be a NO because (a) they won very recently and (b) they are from a biggish market. But their retro unis are a classic, so go Stros!

If @Big” is based on population Atlanta and Houston are both bigger than Boston


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[Scratch]

Oh yeah, the Red Sox. Definitely a no. We overlap quite a bit in this. Just swap the Astros and Braves, and you are in good shape.

I would agree except for the fact that the Astros won it last year, so now cheering for them starts to make you a little front-runnerish, and the Braves have largely done it the right way, developing lots of exciting young talent.

[sancho]

I would agree except for the fact that the Astros won it last year, so now cheering for them starts to make you a little front-runnerish, and the Braves have largely done it the right way, developing lots of exciting young talent.

The difference, of course, is that Houston has the greatest pitcher and coolest baseball player since Pedro. Also, the little guy is cool.

[Applejack]

If @Big” is based on population Atlanta and Houston are both bigger than Boston


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Fair. But Boston has $$$.

[Scratch]

The difference, of course, is that Houston has the greatest pitcher and coolest baseball player since Pedro. Also, the little guy is cool.

Yeah, Bregman is pretty awesome.

[Irving Washington]

Go yankees!

[LA Ute]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hePeoUcu4ho

[LuckyUte]

This is a pretty fun video that has the last out of every World Series from 1980 through 2016 (older video so no Astros win last year). Only a few series ending hits (Joe Carter!!), a lot of strikeouts and fly balls, not as many ground outs. I graduated high school in 1980 so all of these series occurred in my "adulthood", but could only distinctly remember a few. I remember Willie Wilson's strikeout to Tug McGraw, Joe Carter's homerun, the Twins walk-off in 1991, and the D-Backs win. A lot of the others are not really memorable plays and goes to show that so many memorable plays happen in earlier games in a series or earlier in the clinching games.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkDMn2ddH9U

[Irving Washington]

Oh Lord, is it really going to be a Red Sox/Dodgers World Series? I can't think of a worse pairing. Far worse than the Mets/Royals series a few years ago. How can I possibly choose who to root for?

[LuckyUte]

Oh Lord, is it really going to be a Red Sox/Dodgers World Series? I can't think of a worse pairing. Far worse than the Mets/Royals series a few years ago. How can I possibly choose who to root for?

I was thinking the exact same thing this morning. Our God has abandoned us in a hell-scape where no joy or happiness is present.

[Scratch]

It infuriates me that I may have to cheer for the Red Sox in the World Series.

[LA Ute]

It infuriates me that I may have to cheer for the Red Sox in the World Series.

There is a alternative, you know. Right there in Chavez Ravine. You can do it.

[LA Ute]

Oh Lord, is it really going to be a Red Sox/Dodgers World Series? I can't think of a worse pairing. Far worse than the Mets/Royals series a few years ago. How can I possibly choose who to root for?

This is rich, coming from a Yankees fan.

[Scratch]

There is a alternative, you know. Right there in Chavez Ravine. You can do it.

Only if the Dodgers were playing the Yankees.

[LA Ute]

Only if the Dodgers were playing the Yankees.

If it is the Red Sox vs. the Dodgers, I'll be in an interesting position. The Red Sox were the team of my youth, ever since 1967 when I started following them. I was delirious with all other Sox fans in 2004 when they finally won the WS. Since then the bandwagon fans have kind of ruined the way I feel about the franchise. I still am happy when they win, but I don't follow them all that closely any more. In the meantime, 36 years of living in L.A. have turned me into...a Dodgers fan, something I never imagined possible. I have been fond of them since the stodgy O'Malleys sold the team, and especially since the current owners took over. So if it is Dodgers-Red Sox, I will be thrilled if the Dodgers win but still happy if the Red Sox win. It's a weird situation for me. But I hope it happens.

[Scratch]

If it is the Red Sox vs. the Dodgers, I'll be in an interesting position. The Red Sox were the team of my youth, ever since 1967 when I started following them. I was delirious with all other Sox fans in 2004 when they finally won the WS. Since then the bandwagon fans have kind of ruined the way I feel about the franchise. I still am happy when they win, but I don't follow them all that closely any more. In the meantime, 36 years of living in L.A. have turned me into...a Dodgers fan, something I never imagined possible. I have been fond of them since the stodgy O'Malleys sold the team, and especially since the current owners took over. So if it is Dodgers-Red Sox, I will be thrilled if the Dodgers win but still happy if the Red Sox win. It's a weird situation for me. But I hope it happens.

Between the Dodgers, Red Sox, Lakers, and Highland High I've come to the conclusion that you are a truly bad human being.

[LA Ute]

Between the Dodgers, Red Sox, Lakers, and Highland High I've come to the conclusion that you are a truly bad human being.

Look, leave me alone. The Highland thing I can't help. Some people are simply fortunate enough to be born in the right district for the most awesome high school in SLC. Just ask my fellow Rams concerned and Irving Washington. The Lakers were the only team in the West that was decent when I was a kid, and they had Jerry West, Elgin Baylor, and...Wilt. I have always loved them, except not so much during the Shaq-Kobe years. I've explained the Dodgers and Red Sox.

As for you: How do you explain being a fan of a MLB franchise that is so embarrassed about its own city that it pretends to be from another city 40 miles away that is actually glamorous?

[Scratch]

Look, leave me alone. The Highland thing I can't help. Some people are simply fortunate enough to be born in the right district for the most awesome high school in SLC. Just ask my fellow Rams concerned and Irving Washington. The Lakers were the only team in the West that was decent when I was a kid, and they had Jerry West, Elgin Baylor, and...Wilt. I have always loved them, except not so much during the Shaq-Kobe years. I've explained the Dodgers and Red Sox.

As for you: How do you explain being a fan of a MLB franchise that is so embarrassed about its own city that it pretends to be from another city 40 miles away that is actually glamorous?

I'm a Braves fan. I became a Braves fan in the 80s when they came in last every year.

[LA Ute]

I'm a Braves fan. I became a Braves fan in the 80s when they came in last every year.

Why is it that Utes fans tend to cheer for underdogs?

[Scratch]

Why is it that Utes fans tend to cheer for underdogs?

Because only horrible human beings are front-runners. Also Rams.

[sancho]

Go Brewers! But it's definitely Dodgers over Red Sox should it come to that. Not even close.

[LA Ute]

It’s all Brewers tonight. Dodgers’ pitching cost them them the game, Brewers’ pitching won it for them. Roberts has some ‘splaining to do about why he let Ryu get shelled so badly in the first 2 innings before pulling him. Brewers got five of their six runs during that disaster. The game was over at that point.

But props to the Brewers. They flat-out outplayed the Dodgers.

[LA Ute]

Surprised and delighted that Dodgers pitching totally shut down the Brewers. The Red Sox are pretty dominant, though. Sadly, I think they win the Series in 6 games.

[sancho]

I made it through the 17th inning last night but then quit and went to bed. Just missed it!

I did get to see the Bellinger throw out at home during halftime of the Utah game.

[UBlender]

I made it through the 17th inning last night but then quit and went to bed. Just missed it!

I did get to see the Bellinger throw out at home during halftime of the Utah game.

Fought to stay up, had it on in bed, fell asleep. At 1:30 local time my four year old woke up, so I went to check on her. Came back to my bedroom just in time to see the walkoff homerun. Within five seconds after the homer, the sleep timer I had set turned the TV off. It was meant to be.

[hostile]

I made it through the 17th inning last night but then quit and went to bed. Just missed it!

I did get to see the Bellinger throw out at home during halftime of the Utah game.
Watched the whole thing. Would have been a gut-punch loss for either team.

Pretty impressive of the Boston to come back and win after going down 4-0 tonight.

[concerned]

Did koufax ever give up 3 hrs in an elimination game? (Rhetorical question)

[LA Ute]

Did koufax ever give up 3 hrs in an elimination game? (Rhetorical question)

Sadly, the “yes, but” about CK’s greatness as a pitcher will be his post-season performances.