Chef Jim Posted October 3, 2012 Posted October 3, 2012 I didn't want to put this in the baseball forum where it would get ignored. After 161 games the winner of the AL West will be decided by today's last game between the A's and the Rangers. The Rangers were up 5-1 going into the bottom of the 4th and emerged at the end of the 4th down 7-5! GO A's!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jim in Anchorage Posted October 3, 2012 Posted October 3, 2012 What makes you think it won't be ignored here?
Chef Jim Posted October 3, 2012 Author Posted October 3, 2012 What makes you think it won't be ignored here? Ignored was the wrong word. Seen is the word I probably should have used.
Chef Jim Posted October 3, 2012 Author Posted October 3, 2012 A sweep of the west for the Bay Area! Congrats to the Giants and A's!!
gomper Posted October 3, 2012 Posted October 3, 2012 Amazing job by the A's? Quick, name three of them, I thought not. Billy has to be Manager of the year.
Chef Jim Posted October 3, 2012 Author Posted October 3, 2012 Amazing job by the A's? Quick, name three of them, I thought not. Billy has to be Manager of the year. Well I can seeing I live in Oakland but it was an amazing run in the second half. Down 13 games in June and down 5-1 in this game and come back and win it.
SageAgainstTheMachine Posted October 3, 2012 Posted October 3, 2012 Amazing job by the A's? Quick, name three of them, I thought not. Billy has to be Manager of the year. Bob Melvin might have something to say about that. Now if you're talking executive of the year...
SageAgainstTheMachine Posted October 4, 2012 Posted October 4, 2012 Just busting your balls. I'm a Yankees fan personally...would be an interesting ALCS between them and the Athletics. Gun to my head, I'd put Detroit and San Fran in the WS.
gomper Posted October 4, 2012 Posted October 4, 2012 Well I'm a Giants fan so that's where my heart is but I'd love to see another Bay bridge series. Love to see the O's go deep. Should be plenty of fun.
Chef Jim Posted October 4, 2012 Author Posted October 4, 2012 Just busting your balls. I'm a Yankees fan personally...would be an interesting ALCS between them and the Athletics. Gun to my head, I'd put Detroit and San Fran in the WS. The A's are on an incredible roll. Not just in the fact that they came from 13 down. That's from June....big deal. It's how they've won many of their games recently. Coming from behind on a regular basis. Being down 5-1 in the fourth and scoring 6 runs in the bottom of the inning is just incredible and then shutting out the Rangers the rest of the game is even more incredible. BTW can I mention here that the one game wild card playoff is a load of crap. What's the point? Yeah, yeah I know.....$$
CowgirlsFan Posted October 4, 2012 Posted October 4, 2012 I see it. Even I see it! Was on my way to post in Last Post Wins to report No HappyHump Day for me when I saw the thread. A Texas Toast to the A's. Big gamers!!
SageAgainstTheMachine Posted October 4, 2012 Posted October 4, 2012 The A's are on an incredible roll. Not just in the fact that they came from 13 down. That's from June....big deal. It's how they've won many of their games recently. Coming from behind on a regular basis. Being down 5-1 in the fourth and scoring 6 runs in the bottom of the inning is just incredible and then shutting out the Rangers the rest of the game is even more incredible. BTW can I mention here that the one game wild card playoff is a load of crap. What's the point? Yeah, yeah I know.....$$ After a whopping 162 games, I think the regular season alone should decide each pennant winner. MAYBE have 4 playoff teams total. 10 is ridiculous.
Chef Jim Posted October 4, 2012 Author Posted October 4, 2012 After a whopping 162 games, I think the regular season alone should decide each pennant winner. MAYBE have 4 playoff teams total. 10 is ridiculous. So are you saying go back to two divisions or one division winner is out of the playoffs I'm good with 6 teams with the team with the best record in each league drawing a bye. Oh and having the all-star game decide home field in the Series?? Double load of crap. .
Rico Posted October 4, 2012 Posted October 4, 2012 Amazing job by the A's? Quick, name three of them, I thought not. Billy has to be Manager of the year. No way, Buck Showalter by a landslide.
KD in CA Posted October 4, 2012 Posted October 4, 2012 Speaking of baseball, congrats to Miggy Cabrera on his Triple Crown. How is this not a huge story?
Chef Jim Posted October 4, 2012 Author Posted October 4, 2012 Speaking of baseball, congrats to Miggy Cabrera on his Triple Crown. How is this not a huge story? Or Posey winning the NL batting title after blowing out his leg and missing almost the whole season last year.
gomper Posted October 4, 2012 Posted October 4, 2012 Remember Cabrera's DUI last year when he got out of the car swigging Scotch? What a difference a year makes. It's an amazing thing. The playoffs are going to be insane. Posey MVP in my eyes (yes, i am a Giants fan but Chef is right. Not even the club knew if he would be the same. He wasn't. He was better.
SageAgainstTheMachine Posted October 4, 2012 Posted October 4, 2012 (edited) So are you saying go back to two divisions or one division winner is out of the playoffs I'm good with 6 teams with the team with the best record in each league drawing a bye. Oh and having the all-star game decide home field in the Series?? Double load of crap. . I realize how the current playoff system makes things more exciting for the casual fan. I get it. It's just that I'm a stats nerd, so it bothers me how the long marathon schedule (in which the Law of Large Numbers actually has a chance to work) does such a great job of parsing the good teams from the superior teams...and then the BEST team can be eliminated from losing 3 games in a 5 game series. In the NFL, it's entirely possible that a 10-6 team is superior to a 12-4 team. Small sample size. In baseball, an 87-75 simply isn't the same as a 100-62 team. But they're given the chance now to win a single game and stand on equal ground. I like your idea of 6 teams with byes. I wonder what all that rest would do to the team with the bye, though. Edited October 4, 2012 by SageAgainstTheMachine
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