The Beer Is Brewing, The Trash Is Flying, and The Race For The Pennant Is On!

[Bluebasser86]

4 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

Kimbrell did everything he could to let them come back at the end there. I thought Sanchez was sending them to game 5 when he hit that sac fly on a pitch that was clearly supposed to be a up but ended up right over the heart of the plate, he got real lucky on that one. I thought Torres might be safe on the last out too, that was a heck of stretch to stay on the bag to get the out. Doesn't get much more exciting to watch than that finish.

 

[J._Bricker]

I’m kinda surprised this thread has been inactive for the entire 2019 season. One more game for two “Bay Area” teams and I’m going with these guys

 

 

* Congratulations to the Rays. Another disappointing Wild Card exit for the A’s, but that’s baseball. Spring training starts in 5 months....

[VolFan]

My Nats vs the Stros in the Series - who ya got? 

 

I think its going to be a better series than Vegas thinks.

[Bluebasser86]

The Astros are the better club I think and they can really feed off each other if they get hot.

[Sam]

Astros!!!!

[VolFan]

We can't be friends any more. Lets Go Nats!

[A-Jay]

Congrats to the Washington Nations 2019 World Series Champions ~ 

 

The Washington Nationals were trailing until they weren’t.

They were, true to form, down but not done.

The late-May misfits and National League Wild Card Game winners roundly expected to be a quick October exit had, with one swing of the bat from the 36-year-old Kendrick, taken the lead they would not relinquish in a 6-2 victory in Game 7 of the World Series against the Astros on Wednesday night at Minute Maid Park. They claimed their franchise’s first crown and completed a clean sweep for the road clubs in a first-of-its-kind Fall Classic.

 

Wow - very exciting - and I did not have a dog in the race just a Baseball fan - 

A-Jay

[J._Bricker]

11 hours ago, A-Jay said:

Congrats to the Washington Nations 2019 World Series Champions ~ 

 

The Washington Nationals were trailing until they weren’t.

They were, true to form, down but not done.

The late-May misfits and National League Wild Card Game winners roundly expected to be a quick October exit had, with one swing of the bat from the 36-year-old Kendrick, taken the lead they would not relinquish in a 6-2 victory in Game 7 of the World Series against the Astros on Wednesday night at Minute Maid Park. They claimed their franchise’s first crown and completed a clean sweep for the road clubs in a first-of-its-kind Fall Classic.

 

Wow - very exciting - and I did have a dog in the race just a Baseball fan - 

A-Jay

Very well said @A-Jay

[Bluebasser86]

It was an exciting series. I felt bad for Grienke. Being a Royals fan, he put up with so much bad baseball for those 7 years, to get so close and pitch (and field), so well just to have the rest of the pitching staff give it away.

 

 

[VolFan]

It really was exciting to watch - I went bananas on that Kendrick homer. I also felt bad (relatively) for Greinke. He was dealing for 80 pitches and then got pulled after a few bad ones, and not for Cole. Didnt make sense butworked out great for my Nats!

[J._Bricker]

Oh how the mighty have fallen....... https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/28476780/astros-jeff-luhnow-aj-hinch-fired-sign-stealing

[deaknh03]

4 hours ago, J._Bricker said:

Oh how the mighty have fallen....... https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/28476780/astros-jeff-luhnow-aj-hinch-fired-sign-stealing

Cora is next.

[J._Bricker]

1 hour ago, deaknh03 said:

Cora is next.

A good possibility. Either by the league, fired by the Sox or both. Question I read regarding the ‘stros is, will the league vacate their World Series wins.

[A-Jay]

11 minutes ago, J._Bricker said:

A good possibility. Either by the league, fired by the Sox or both. Question I read regarding the ‘stros is, will the league vacate their World Series wins.

 

I think Cora's toast waiting to happen.

Don't think there be any vacate action at all.

But we might see a league wide batting average take a trip down below the Mendoza Line . . . 

Perhaps the Season Long MLB HR Derby and Launch angle BS will level off. 

Ball might not seem as 'juiced' in 2020 when the batters are back to guessing what's coming at them.

#bushleague

A-Jay

[J._Bricker]

1 hour ago, A-Jay said:

 

I think Cora's toast waiting to happen.

Don't think there be any vacate action at all.

But we might see a league wide batting average take a trip down below the Mendoza Line . . . 

Perhaps the Season Long MLB HR Derby and Launch angle BS will level off. 

Ball might not seem as 'juiced' in 2020 when the batters are back to guessing what's coming at them.

#bushleague

A-Jay

I don’t think they’ll vacate the wins either. It’s in the books and penalties have been levied, it just makes a point of conversation. The Mendoza Line, loved the reference but maybe .050 up from there @A-Jay. And spring training starts in a little over a month from now 

[A-Jay]

 

A-Jay

[roadwarrior]

If you ain't cheatin", you ain't tryin'

 

 

 

[Boomstick]

As a lifetime Red Sox fan, I am so disappointed with Cora and team management for sign stealing. It's even more disappointing than the amount of motivation the 2019 team showed...

[JohnFromLisbon]

Not gonna lie, in the midst of all this, being able to sit down and watch the Sox play makes me think that maybe - just maybe - it’s all gonna be okay

 

 

Even if I’m watching them play in an empty Fenway Park from 3200 miles away ?

[Teal]

Glad to watch my Nats play again.  Due to all the antics, I don't turn it on till well into the first inning.  

[JohnFromLisbon]

14 hours ago, JohnFromLisbon said:

Even if I’m watching them play in an empty Fenway Park from 3200 miles away ?

...and lose to the Orioles twice in a row. And Weber's pitching... Jeez (not that the bullpen helped either). At least we got to see JBJ go full Kevin-Costner-in-The-Bodyguard in the outfield, that's always cool.

[TnRiver46]

Go cubs go 

[A-Jay]

For over 55 years - Baseball Was Summer for me - 

 

Well, it happened quickly - three games into it.

I went from, "I just can't wait to watch the Red Sox play !"

To

"I just can't watch the Red Sox play !"

 

The whole empty ball parks with no fans,

the canned crowd noise and the card board cut outs of people in the seats ?

Just Bizzaro - 

Don't take me out to any ball game.

?

A-Jay

 

[TnRiver46]

3 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

For over 55 years - Baseball Was Summer for me - 

 

Well, it happened quickly - three games into it.

I went from, "I just can't wait to watch the Red Sox play !"

To

"I just can't watch the Red Sox play !"

 

The whole empty ball parks with no fans,

the canned crowd noise and the card board cut outs of people in the seats ?

Just Bizzaro - 

Don't take me out to any ball game.

?

A-Jay

 

It’s weird but better than no baseball. I love the crack of the bat. Hot dog cravings have gone up exponentially though.......

 

I enjoyed watching your Sox and I don’t even like them! Haha

[Guitarfish]

I watched one game and kind of went,  'What the heck, fake crowd noise'?   The same reason I don't watch TV comedy.  Hilarious laughter and nothing really funny happened.

 

I'm taking a pass on all sports until the only Corona I hear about is beer.