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  • OnWis97OnWis97 Posts: 5,140
    JojoRice said:
    Gotta love the Joctober/Pearl Jam theme that the Braves have going on right now.  
    Huh? I assume "Joctober" is for Joc Peterson, but what's the Pearl Jam part of that?
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  • dankinddankind Posts: 20,839
    :rofl:
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  • eeriepadaveeeriepadave Posts: 42,055
    OnWis97 said:
    JojoRice said:
    Gotta love the Joctober/Pearl Jam theme that the Braves have going on right now.  
    Huh? I assume "Joctober" is for Joc Peterson, but what's the Pearl Jam part of that?

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  • OnWis97 said:
    JojoRice said:
    Gotta love the Joctober/Pearl Jam theme that the Braves have going on right now.  
    Huh? I assume "Joctober" is for Joc Peterson, but what's the Pearl Jam part of that?

    he's the dude that wears the pearl necklace when he plays
    Ummmmm.....
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  • dankinddankind Posts: 20,839
    OnWis97 said:
    JojoRice said:
    Gotta love the Joctober/Pearl Jam theme that the Braves have going on right now.  
    Huh? I assume "Joctober" is for Joc Peterson, but what's the Pearl Jam part of that?

    he's the dude that wears the pearl necklace when he plays
    Ummmmm.....
    Stole your idea?
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  • dankind said:
    OnWis97 said:
    JojoRice said:
    Gotta love the Joctober/Pearl Jam theme that the Braves have going on right now.  
    Huh? I assume "Joctober" is for Joc Peterson, but what's the Pearl Jam part of that?

    he's the dude that wears the pearl necklace when he plays
    Ummmmm.....
    Stole your idea?
    Was just curious about pearl necklaces ;)

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  • mfc2006mfc2006 Posts: 37,446
    Brutal way for the Giants season to end. He clearly checked his swing. That being said, who knows if he would've been able to do anything against Max. Just brutal.

    I've always thought that the DS should be 7 games and wish this series would've gone 7 because it was so much fun to watch.

    So, Braves/Dodgers and Astros/Red Sox. What does everyone think? Here are my quick thoughts/picks..

    NLCS: Braves need to win one in LA. If they do, they could push it to 6 back in LA. (Dodgers in 5-6 games)
    ALCS: This series will be a slugfest and will go at least 6 games, I think. (Houston in 6-7 games)
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  • mfc2006 said:
    Brutal way for the Giants season to end. He clearly checked his swing. That being said, who knows if he would've been able to do anything against Max. Just brutal.

    I've always thought that the DS should be 7 games and wish this series would've gone 7 because it was so much fun to watch.

    So, Braves/Dodgers and Astros/Red Sox. What does everyone think? Here are my quick thoughts/picks..

    NLCS: Braves need to win one in LA. If they do, they could push it to 6 back in LA. (Dodgers in 5-6 games)
    ALCS: This series will be a slugfest and will go at least 6 games, I think. (Houston in 6-7 games)

    We posted about the stupidity of the check swing rule (it is about "intent to swing" and a judgement call on the Ump's part and not a matter of "crossing the plate" or "breaking his wrists") in this thread before....I hate these types of rules.  Agree that this should not have been called a strike.
    Tough way to end.
    Could have been a bad pitch and called a strike w/o the batter moving...that happens all of the time.  I guess it comes down to scoring more than 1 run if you want to win.
    What a series.

    I like your predictions....think they sound about where I would put it.
    Doyers in 5 / Houston in 6.


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  • PoncierPoncier Posts: 16,921
    dankind said:
    OnWis97 said:
    JojoRice said:
    Gotta love the Joctober/Pearl Jam theme that the Braves have going on right now.  
    Huh? I assume "Joctober" is for Joc Peterson, but what's the Pearl Jam part of that?

    he's the dude that wears the pearl necklace when he plays
    Ummmmm.....
    Stole your idea?
    Was just curious about pearl necklaces ;)

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  • MayDay10MayDay10 Posts: 11,727
    Great game last night.  What a season for the Giants, a shame to see it end on such a disappointing note.  Great chess match game that was intense from start to finish.

    Hoping the Braves can put up a fight against the Dodgers and also the Astros/Sox end up in a classic. 
  • OnWis97OnWis97 Posts: 5,140
    mfc2006 said:
    Brutal way for the Giants season to end. He clearly checked his swing. That being said, who knows if he would've been able to do anything against Max. Just brutal.

    I've always thought that the DS should be 7 games and wish this series would've gone 7 because it was so much fun to watch.

    So, Braves/Dodgers and Astros/Red Sox. What does everyone think? Here are my quick thoughts/picks..

    NLCS: Braves need to win one in LA. If they do, they could push it to 6 back in LA. (Dodgers in 5-6 games)
    ALCS: This series will be a slugfest and will go at least 6 games, I think. (Houston in 6-7 games)
    They need to re-seed after the one-game wildcard game.*  I know that both teams can't go to the World Series but a 107-win team and 106-win team should not be playing a best-of-five. It should be set up for them to be able to play a best-of-seven for the NL championship. The Giants should not be "rewarded" by playing the wildcard team. They should be rewarded by playing the 4th-best remaining team with the possibility that someone else takes care of the second-best team.


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  • MayDay10MayDay10 Posts: 11,727
    OnWis97 said:
    mfc2006 said:
    Brutal way for the Giants season to end. He clearly checked his swing. That being said, who knows if he would've been able to do anything against Max. Just brutal.

    I've always thought that the DS should be 7 games and wish this series would've gone 7 because it was so much fun to watch.

    So, Braves/Dodgers and Astros/Red Sox. What does everyone think? Here are my quick thoughts/picks..

    NLCS: Braves need to win one in LA. If they do, they could push it to 6 back in LA. (Dodgers in 5-6 games)
    ALCS: This series will be a slugfest and will go at least 6 games, I think. (Houston in 6-7 games)
    They need to re-seed after the one-game wildcard game.*  I know that both teams can't go to the World Series but a 107-win team and 106-win team should not be playing a best-of-five. It should be set up for them to be able to play a best-of-seven for the NL championship. The Giants should not be "rewarded" by playing the wildcard team. They should be rewarded by playing the 4th-best remaining team with the possibility that someone else takes care of the second-best team.


    *which should not exist
    Ive seen it kicked around for awhile, but I really like the idea of allowing the higher-seeded team to choose their opponent.  
  • Ledbetterman10Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,882
    edited October 2021
    MayDay10 said:
    OnWis97 said:
    mfc2006 said:
    Brutal way for the Giants season to end. He clearly checked his swing. That being said, who knows if he would've been able to do anything against Max. Just brutal.

    I've always thought that the DS should be 7 games and wish this series would've gone 7 because it was so much fun to watch.

    So, Braves/Dodgers and Astros/Red Sox. What does everyone think? Here are my quick thoughts/picks..

    NLCS: Braves need to win one in LA. If they do, they could push it to 6 back in LA. (Dodgers in 5-6 games)
    ALCS: This series will be a slugfest and will go at least 6 games, I think. (Houston in 6-7 games)
    They need to re-seed after the one-game wildcard game.*  I know that both teams can't go to the World Series but a 107-win team and 106-win team should not be playing a best-of-five. It should be set up for them to be able to play a best-of-seven for the NL championship. The Giants should not be "rewarded" by playing the wildcard team. They should be rewarded by playing the 4th-best remaining team with the possibility that someone else takes care of the second-best team.


    *which should not exist
    Ive seen it kicked around for awhile, but I really like the idea of allowing the higher-seeded team to choose their opponent.  
    I'd rather they just reseed. After the one-game playoff, the Giants would be #1 and play the #4 Braves, and the Dodgers would play the Brewers.

    As fucked up as the system could be, it used to be so much worse. Remember when home-field advantage wasn't even determined by who had the better record? Not just in the World Series, but the LCS too. I think 1993 is what led to many changes. That year, my beloved '93 Phillies won the NL East with 97 wins. The Braves won the NL West (why were they in the West again?) with 104 wins, and the Giants, with 103 wins were left out of the playoffs. I think this directly led to them saying "enough is enough" and expanding to three divisions and a wildcard.

    Not only that, the Phillies (97 wins) had home field advantage over the Braves (104)  in the NLCS because home field rotated each year between the divisions. The NFL used to stupidly do that too. The undefeated '72 Dolphins had to play the Steelers in the AFC title game in Pittsburgh. 

    Also, in the earliest days of the wildcard format, they didn't seed it as 1 vs. 4 and 2 vs 3. It was more "rotating division" crap. Check out the 1995 AL playoffs. Copied from Wikipedia....

    Indians (1 seed) vs. Red Sox (2) and Mariners (3) vs. Yankees (4)?????? How dumb. 
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  • mfc2006mfc2006 Posts: 37,446
    A re-seeding after the WC makes sense to me.
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  • dankinddankind Posts: 20,839
    mfc2006 said:
    A re-seeding after the WC makes sense to me.
    Are your nipples getting hard yet, Matt? 

    Oh, and fuck your fucking Astros, you fucking fuck! :punch:

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  • mfc2006mfc2006 Posts: 37,446
    dankind said:
    mfc2006 said:
    A re-seeding after the WC makes sense to me.
    Are your nipples getting hard yet, Matt? 

    Oh, and fuck your fucking Astros, you fucking fuck! :punch:

    Wanna go poster for poster, sucker?
    LOL

    Hey there! Damn right they're getting hard. Can't wait for the series to start. I have been completely useless at the office today! Ha!

    Sure, I'll do a poster for poster with you, punk. Not sure what "extra" posters I have laying around/in tubes, but I'm sure we can figure something out.

    It should be a fun series with plenty of offense. It's going at least 6 games, I think. Bummed that McCullers is on the Taxi squad, but it is what it is.
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  • mfc2006mfc2006 Posts: 37,446
    If last night is any indication, this series will be nuts.
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  • erebuserebus Posts: 566
    Crazy 
    yet I have the feeling if I turn the game off and come back in a couple of hours it will be 12-8 Houston 
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  • mfc2006mfc2006 Posts: 37,446
    Well, this isn’t a good start to the game. Good god.
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  • mace1229mace1229 Posts: 9,367
    mfc2006 said:
    Brutal way for the Giants season to end. He clearly checked his swing. That being said, who knows if he would've been able to do anything against Max. Just brutal.

    I've always thought that the DS should be 7 games and wish this series would've gone 7 because it was so much fun to watch.

    So, Braves/Dodgers and Astros/Red Sox. What does everyone think? Here are my quick thoughts/picks..

    NLCS: Braves need to win one in LA. If they do, they could push it to 6 back in LA. (Dodgers in 5-6 games)
    ALCS: This series will be a slugfest and will go at least 6 games, I think. (Houston in 6-7 games)

    We posted about the stupidity of the check swing rule (it is about "intent to swing" and a judgement call on the Ump's part and not a matter of "crossing the plate" or "breaking his wrists") in this thread before....I hate these types of rules.  Agree that this should not have been called a strike.
    Tough way to end.
    Could have been a bad pitch and called a strike w/o the batter moving...that happens all of the time.  I guess it comes down to scoring more than 1 run if you want to win.
    What a series.

    I like your predictions....think they sound about where I would put it.
    Doyers in 5 / Houston in 6.


    I agree it was a bad call, but what’s wrong with the rule? I hate rules based on intent more because that’s 100% interpretation. I like that there’s a clear, defined rule on what is and isn’t a swing. Ump just got it wrong. And as long as umps are human, that’s going to happen.
  • The rule is based on intent, what do you think the rule is?
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    Stolen bases to fuck Dave Roberts are the best stolen bases 
  • mace1229mace1229 Posts: 9,367
    The rule is based on intent, what do you think the rule is?
    I always thought it was if the bat crossed the plate. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a check swing in TV where they didn’t show the birds eye view and talk about the bat crossing the plate. Sometimes they talk about the wrists too, but always the bat.
    But I just looked it up, and there’s no definition, it’s just “intent” as mentioned. That is dumb and I never realized that. 
  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 30,173
    rodent face, trump jr. lookalike Taylor sure fucked that up!
    If I had known then what I know now...

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  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 30,173
    Rodent face.  :lol:
    I’m not wrong, am I?
    If I had known then what I know now...

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  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 30,173
    Red Sox have “the look”.
    If I had known then what I know now...

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