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By the end of the day, at least two teams will be eliminated since baseball is a cruel sport and October is a harsh mistress. Or something like that.

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1101. Baldrick Posted: October 11, 2012 at 10:44 PM (#4265222)

Please don't kill yourself.

Fortunately, I don't have to. Phew

1102. Bote Man makes baseball fun again Posted: October 11, 2012 at 10:44 PM (#4265223)

The Giants had it in 2010, but the Orioles have it in 2012: TORTURE!!

1103. Sebastian

Posted: October 11, 2012 at 10:44 PM (#4265224)

Sit down, Raul.

1104. Gamingboy Posted: October 11, 2012 at 10:44 PM (#4265225)

Extras.

CHECKLIST:
---EVERGREEN---
Conradian Play [X ]
Web Gem [X X X X]
Baserunning blunder [ ]
Play at the plate [ ]
Replay review [ ]
Ump blows call [ ] (Blown call eliminates team [ ])
Dramatic late-inning homer [X ] (WERTH)
Double Play ends an inning [ X]
1-2-3-4-5-6 inning [ X]
Strike out of side [X ]
Stolen base [ X]
Caught stealing [X ]
Gamesmanship []
Shapeshifting Strike-zone [X ]
THIS TRAIN! [X]
"They're down to their last X...." [ ]
Pitcher gets a hit [ ]
Non-pitcher bunts [ X] (AND IT WORKED)
Regular Season pitcher warms up [X ] (Playoff starting pitcher warms up in pen [X ])
Game needs to start on TNT (with exception of A's vs. Tigers) [ X]
---SF at CIN specific---
Dusty Baker with Giants [ X]
WILD BRIAN WILSON APPEARS [ X]
Cain perfecto flashback [ ]
Buster Posey does something awesome [X X ] (GRAND SLAM and THE THROWOUT PORTION OF A STRIKEOUT/THROWOUT DP)
Joey Votto gets back to normal, does something awesome []
Big Red Machine referenced [ X]
Willie Mays referenced [ ]
---STL at DC specific---
Strasburg in the Dugout [X ]
Crowd chants "We Want Strasburg" [ ]
Bryce Harper does something awesome [ ] (Harper strikes out instead [ ])
Pujols mentioned [ ]
FREESE! [ ]
Teddy [X ]
Flashback to game 6 of 2011 WS [ ]
Davey Johnson managerial career recap [ ]
Matheny's playing career [ ]
---BAL at NYY specific---
Raul Effing Ibanez comes to the plate [X ]
Orioles hold one-run lead at any point of the game [X]
Yankees get run in half-inning immediately after Orioles score [ ]
Thome career retrospective [ ]
Buck Showalter as Yankee manager [ ]
Joe Saunders' Wild Card performance flashback [ ]
Ichiro does something awesome [ ]
Tyler Teagarden shows up []
A-Rod strikes out, assuming he even plays now that Raul Ibanez is Mr. Effing October [X ]
---DET at OAK---
Bernie Lean explained [ ]
Verlander no-nos flashback []
Prince Fielder robbed of extra-bases [ ]
Moneyball mentioned [ ] (Mention of Brad Pitt [ ])
Pat Neshek's son mentioned [ ]
Trout mentioned in any way (fish or player) [ ]
Miguel Cabrera does something awesome [ ]
Verlander hits 98+ MPH after 80 pitches [ ]
Mention of the tarps [ ]

1105. Lassus Posted: October 11, 2012 at 10:44 PM (#4265226)

Wait what happened? I don't understand that sequence from Raul.

1106. Infinite Yost (Voxter)

Posted: October 11, 2012 at 10:44 PM (#4265227)

1995 Yankees-Mariners

1999 Cleveland-Boston, also.

1107. Eric J can SABER all he wants to Posted: October 11, 2012 at 10:44 PM (#4265228)

I might very well just call it the best Division Series ever.

1995 Yankees-Mariners

Indeed. Game 5 is one of the better postseason games ever - and it wasn't the best game in the series.

1108. fra paolo Posted: October 11, 2012 at 10:44 PM (#4265229)

I might very well just call it the best Division Series ever.

Check forty years ago. Same two teams. That was something.

I think the NLCS that year was fairly dramatic as well.

1109. Tuque

Posted: October 11, 2012 at 10:44 PM (#4265230)

Holy crap I'm not the first person to have this thought apparently.

1110. NJ in DC (Now with Baby!) Posted: October 11, 2012 at 10:45 PM (#4265234)

NunEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE in at short. This should be good.

1111. Austin Posted: October 11, 2012 at 10:46 PM (#4265235)

1995 Yankees-Mariners

Yeah, that's certainly the best counterargument. I'm too young to remember the series personally, so all I really know about it is The Double. What were the expectations and the emotions coming into the series? What were the first four games like?

EDIT: And I'm only talking about the DSes. Of course there have been much better LCS and WS.

1112. Infinite Yost (Voxter)

Posted: October 11, 2012 at 10:46 PM (#4265236)

There's a guy who used to play basketball for Florida who looked just exactly like You-Know-Who.

1113. Gamingboy Posted: October 11, 2012 at 10:46 PM (#4265238)

START THE STREAK AGAIN!

1114. Infinite Yost (Voxter)

Posted: October 11, 2012 at 10:47 PM (#4265240)

Man, that ball got caught, but Cespedes seems like the only guy who's remotely got Verlander's number today.

1995 Yankees-Mariners

First time I wept openly at a baseball game.

1115. Srul Itza Posted: October 11, 2012 at 10:47 PM (#4265241)

Granderson — 1 for 15
Swisher — 2 for 14
Cano — 2 for 16
A-Rod — 2 for 15

How the hell were they up 2-1?

1116. Best Regards, President of Comfort, Esq. Posted: October 11, 2012 at 10:47 PM (#4265243)

Yeah, that's certainly the best counterargument. I'm too young to remember the series personally, so all I really know about it is The Double. What were the expectations and the emotions coming into the series? What were the first four games like?

Game Two was the greatest baseball game I have ever seen.

1117. Eric J can SABER all he wants to Posted: October 11, 2012 at 10:47 PM (#4265244)

What were the first four games like?

Here is Game 2. Which is utterly awesome even if you don't account for the fact that it's the auspicious postseason debut of one Mariano Rivera.

1118. Gamingboy Posted: October 11, 2012 at 10:47 PM (#4265245)

How the hell were they up 2-1?

Look up Wieters' and Jones' numbers.

1119. The Ghost screws up everything with hubris

Posted: October 11, 2012 at 10:47 PM (#4265246)

That is pretty remarkable - counting last night, 16-3 extra inning record for the O's, but all 3 losses to the NYY. Were any of the 16 against them?

1120. Eric J can SABER all he wants to Posted: October 11, 2012 at 10:48 PM (#4265251)

Game Two was the greatest baseball game I have ever seen.

My excitement system places it #1 among all playoff games, which is pretty good.

1121. Fred Lynn Nolan Ryan Sweeney Agonistes Posted: October 11, 2012 at 10:48 PM (#4265252)

For someone who professes not to care about baseball, Amazing GF is amazingly profane-rant-y about the lack of televised A's playoff game so far tonight.

EDIT: "######### this is stupid. Somebody hit a ####### home run and end this ####### Yankees game, ########."

1122. Best Regards, President of Comfort, Esq. Posted: October 11, 2012 at 10:49 PM (#4265254)

That is pretty remarkable - counting last night, 16-3 extra inning record for the O's, but all 3 losses to the NYY. Were any of the 16 against them?

No.

1123. asinwreck Posted: October 11, 2012 at 10:50 PM (#4265258)

First time I wept openly at a baseball game.

Joey Cora, is that you?

1124. Gamingboy Posted: October 11, 2012 at 10:50 PM (#4265259)

There will be hope for the Baltimore Nine if McLouth comes to bat.

1125. Bote Man makes baseball fun again Posted: October 11, 2012 at 10:50 PM (#4265261)

Yeah, that's certainly the best counterargument. I'm too young to remember the series personally, so all I really know about it is The Double. What were the expectations and the emotions coming into the series? What were the first four games like?

If this is The Game That Saved Baseball In Seattle, MLB Network runs a special answering all those questions and more. Watch for it this off-season.

1126. An Athletic in Powderhorn™ Posted: October 11, 2012 at 10:50 PM (#4265262)

This series is making me dislike Verlander as a person.

1127. Walks Clog Up the Bases Posted: October 11, 2012 at 10:50 PM (#4265264)

It's already looking late for the A's.

1128. Best Regards, President of Comfort, Esq. Posted: October 11, 2012 at 10:50 PM (#4265265)

There will be hope for the Baltimore Nine if McLouth comes to bat.

Oh, somewhere in this favored land the sun is shining bright; The band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light.

1129. The Ghost screws up everything with hubris

Posted: October 11, 2012 at 10:53 PM (#4265268)

That 1995 series was the end of an unbelievable Mariners season, Came from 13 back to tie the Angels on the last day, then The Big Unit one the playoff game.

Fun fact - they could have IBB'ed Edgar (he of The Double) and pitched to a raw rookie named Alex Rodriguez.

1130. Infinite Yost (Voxter)

Posted: October 11, 2012 at 10:53 PM (#4265269)

1995 ALDS game two ending. Poor video quality, I'm afraid.

The game that made me cry. Good quality. Go to the 8th minute to see the relevant dramatics, replete with Dave Niehaus (RIP) on the mic.

1131. Austin Posted: October 11, 2012 at 10:53 PM (#4265270)

Here is Game 2. Which is utterly awesome even if you don't account for the fact that it's the auspicious postseason debut of one Mariano Rivera.

Wow. That's some game. I particularly like that the winning run was thrown out at the plate immediately after the tying run scored in the 12th.

boteman - Thanks for the heads-up. I'll keep an eye out for it.

1132. Baldrick Posted: October 11, 2012 at 10:54 PM (#4265271)

Incredibly exciting buildup to the playoffs from the Mariners. An unbelievable run that brought them from 13ish games out to winning the division in a one-game playoff. Griffey went out for a couple months in the middle of the year, and then the team exploded when he came back. Johnson won the Cy Young award with an absolutely ridiculous season. It was the Mariners' first playoff appearance ever. It was the precise moment when the Mariners went from laughingstock to genuine adoration in the Northwest.

And for the Yankees it was the first time the team had been good in...a long time. Tensions were high, to say the least.

During game 1, some Yankees fans threw batteries onto the field, at Mariners players, etc. From my perspective as a kid in the Northwest, that's the exact moment when the Yankees went from 'I don't like them' to cartoon villains.

In retrospect I get that it was an incredibly small minority of the fans, and that the fans of many teams can behave inappropriately. But I assure you that the tension and anger of Mariners fans was very real and very strong due to that incident.

Game 2 went like 15 innings and somewhere around 14 hours.

When Johnson came out in relief just two days after winning game 3, I knew deep down that it was going to happen. And then The Double.

1133. Gamingboy Posted: October 11, 2012 at 10:54 PM (#4265272)

Well, here comes the end. I'm prepared for it with heavy heart and baby walrus.

(Also, again, if Teixeira hits the walk-off, any family he still has in Maryland is going to need to be put into protective custody.)

1134. Gamingboy Posted: October 11, 2012 at 10:56 PM (#4265281)

If Jeter hits the walk-off, he'll just be hated even more. If Ichiro hits the homer, he'll receive boos but won't be at Jeter levels...

1135. fra paolo Posted: October 11, 2012 at 10:57 PM (#4265282)

Leyland is really pushing the small-ball buttons tonight.

1136. Infinite Yost (Voxter)

Posted: October 11, 2012 at 10:57 PM (#4265284)

Apparently MLB has some kind of kung fu that prevents you from linking to their ####.

1137. Jose Remains The Most Absurd Thing on the Site Posted: October 11, 2012 at 10:57 PM (#4265285)

For someone who professes not to care about baseball, Amazing GF is amazingly profane-rant-y about the lack of televised A's playoff game so far tonight.

A's/Tigers is on TNT (or tbs, whichever one it is). Is that not an option for you?

1138. Joyful Calculus Instructor Posted: October 11, 2012 at 10:57 PM (#4265286)

How does he hit a bullet to third on a check swing?

1139. Infinite Yost (Voxter)

Posted: October 11, 2012 at 10:57 PM (#4265287)

Oh, I fixed it now.

1140. Eric J can SABER all he wants to Posted: October 11, 2012 at 10:58 PM (#4265288)

Game 4 and Game 1 were also pretty good for being the third- and fourth-best games in the series. But even without them, the two top-25 all-time playoff games would probably put this at least in the top spot among LDSs.

Its best competition is probably this one (sorry, A's fans).

1141. Best Regards, President of Comfort, Esq. Posted: October 11, 2012 at 10:58 PM (#4265289)

I guess I'm going to be leaving work early on Wednesday.

1142. An Athletic in Powderhorn™ Posted: October 11, 2012 at 10:58 PM (#4265291)

What the balls is O.co?

1143. Rennie's Tenet Posted: October 11, 2012 at 10:59 PM (#4265292)

Very interesting that I took a couple years away from baseball because they cancelled the World Series, and now I find out I missed the greatest game ever.

1144. Best Regards, President of Comfort, Esq. Posted: October 11, 2012 at 10:59 PM (#4265293)

What the balls is O.co?

Overstock.com.

1145. Infinite Yost (Voxter)

Posted: October 11, 2012 at 10:59 PM (#4265294)

What the balls is O.co?

A ludicrous Overstock.com marketing idea.

EDIT: Coke to Larry.

1146. Gamingboy Posted: October 11, 2012 at 11:01 PM (#4265296)

Oh crap.

1147. The Ghost screws up everything with hubris

Posted: October 11, 2012 at 11:01 PM (#4265297)

This whole round of Div Serieses (?) is in the running for best ever in that category.

1148. fra paolo Posted: October 11, 2012 at 11:01 PM (#4265298)

Tigers' radio announcers mention Mt Davis.

1149. An Athletic in Powderhorn™ Posted: October 11, 2012 at 11:02 PM (#4265300)

I see. That idea makes me want to bludgeon the people responsible for it.

1150. Random Transaction Generator Posted: October 11, 2012 at 11:02 PM (#4265301)

We're not going to have another Maier situation, are we?

1151. Gamingboy Posted: October 11, 2012 at 11:02 PM (#4265303)

11 innings. Hardy, Davis and Jones due up. NOW IS THE TIME TO WAKE UP, BATSMEN!

1152. Best Regards, President of Comfort, Esq. Posted: October 11, 2012 at 11:03 PM (#4265304)

One of the next three batters will hit a home run.

1153. Infinite Yost (Voxter)

Posted: October 11, 2012 at 11:03 PM (#4265305)

Do the O's only wear the white fronts on their caps at home?

Also, I again want to assert hat the O's are probably frontrunners for Swisher if the Stinks don't resign him.

1154. Infinite Yost (Voxter)

Posted: October 11, 2012 at 11:03 PM (#4265307)

That idea makes me want to bludgeon the people responsible for it.

You are not alone.

1155. Gamingboy Posted: October 11, 2012 at 11:03 PM (#4265308)

I heard somewhere (might have been the twitter feed of a Rangers beat writer) that the Orioles might be in big for Josh Hamilton.

1156. An Athletic in Powderhorn™ Posted: October 11, 2012 at 11:04 PM (#4265309)

What's this? A hit? I didn't realize the A's were allowed to do that.

1157. Weekly Journalist_ Posted: October 11, 2012 at 11:04 PM (#4265310)

Rejoice orioles fans...here comes joba

1158. Best Regards, President of Comfort, Esq. Posted: October 11, 2012 at 11:04 PM (#4265311)

Joba in?

All three of the next three batters will hit a home run.

1159. Infinite Yost (Voxter)

Posted: October 11, 2012 at 11:05 PM (#4265312)

Wait, Joba Chamberlain is still a thing?

1160. Sebastian

Posted: October 11, 2012 at 11:05 PM (#4265313)

Where did Johnson flee to anyway? I assume he could also be very bad at cricket.

1161. Gamingboy Posted: October 11, 2012 at 11:05 PM (#4265314)

Reports of Joba's death by trampoline were greatly exaggerated.

1162. Infinite Yost (Voxter)

Posted: October 11, 2012 at 11:05 PM (#4265315)

Home runs are kind of the only hits that JJ Hardy gets.

1163. Best Regards, President of Comfort, Esq. Posted: October 11, 2012 at 11:06 PM (#4265317)

Wait, Joba Chamberlain is still a thing?

Actually, he was pretty good down the stretch. So he may still be a thing.

1164. Infinite Yost (Voxter)

Posted: October 11, 2012 at 11:07 PM (#4265318)

Nice play by Tex. I don't know if I'd call him "slick-fielding", at least by MLB standards, though.

1165. Gamingboy Posted: October 11, 2012 at 11:07 PM (#4265319)

If the Orioles blow facing Joba, they will lose in the bottom of the 11th.

1166. Fred Lynn Nolan Ryan Sweeney Agonistes Posted: October 11, 2012 at 11:07 PM (#4265321)

A's/Tigers is on TNT (or tbs, whichever one it is). Is that not an option for you?

Apparently not. It's Amazing GF's TV, so we got what we got.
She got sick of waiting for somebody to do something in the Yanks/O's game, so she suggested turning that off and just listening to the radio broadcast.
Better than listening to Buck ####### Martinez, any-damn-way.

1167. Weekly Journalist_ Posted: October 11, 2012 at 11:07 PM (#4265322)

Gb wanted a walrus...hes getting a manatee

1168. Gamingboy Posted: October 11, 2012 at 11:07 PM (#4265323)

Heckuva job, Davey.

1169. Jose Remains The Most Absurd Thing on the Site Posted: October 11, 2012 at 11:08 PM (#4265324)

Excellent at bat by Davis.

1170. Walks Clog Up the Bases Posted: October 11, 2012 at 11:08 PM (#4265325)

Norris looks helpless against Verlander. But he successfully agitated Verlander twice during that at-bat.

1171. JJ1986 Posted: October 11, 2012 at 11:08 PM (#4265326)

Disgusting at bat.

1172. Infinite Yost (Voxter)

Posted: October 11, 2012 at 11:08 PM (#4265327)

ALSO! The O's could use a real 1B, though they may not realize it.

1173. Weekly Journalist_ Posted: October 11, 2012 at 11:09 PM (#4265329)

Yay jobber!

1174. Gamingboy Posted: October 11, 2012 at 11:09 PM (#4265330)

Well, here comes the walkoff. Who's the most likely ot do it? It'll be A-Rod, isn't it? Because that'd just be the perfect way to twist the knife in us.

1175. Lassus Posted: October 11, 2012 at 11:09 PM (#4265333)

I guess I said this last time, but every time I see Joba Chamberlain I'm surprised.

1176. Jose Remains The Most Absurd Thing on the Site Posted: October 11, 2012 at 11:10 PM (#4265336)

A-Rod walk off.

1177. The Ghost screws up everything with hubris

Posted: October 11, 2012 at 11:10 PM (#4265337)

Reports of Joba's death by trampoline were greatly exaggerated.

I was unaware of that incident. Had to Google.

Maybe one should be more careful when already on rehab (for TJ).

1178. Infinite Yost (Voxter)

Posted: October 11, 2012 at 11:10 PM (#4265340)

Is Prince Fielder really six feet tall? He looks much shorter than that to me.

1179. Guts

Posted: October 11, 2012 at 11:10 PM (#4265341)

Strop walks a lot of guys.

1180. Gamingboy Posted: October 11, 2012 at 11:11 PM (#4265342)

Oh, Strop. He had bad times with the Yankees this year. This could be ugly. It's just you and me, Baby Walrus.

1181. Best Regards, President of Comfort, Esq. Posted: October 11, 2012 at 11:11 PM (#4265343)

ALSO! The O's could use a real 1B, though they may not realize it.

Hamilton, Swisher and Zach Grienke?

1182. An Athletic in Powderhorn™ Posted: October 11, 2012 at 11:11 PM (#4265344)

That's what, 10 first-pitch swings for the Tigers? In related news, Parker's thrown just 59 pitches through 5.3.

1183. Gamingboy Posted: October 11, 2012 at 11:12 PM (#4265345)

ALSO! The O's could use a real 1B, though they may not realize it.

Hamilton, Swisher and Zach Grienke?

Where's the 1B? Are the Orioles trading for Morneau or something?

1184. Guts

Posted: October 11, 2012 at 11:12 PM (#4265346)

A-Rod didn't strike out, so that's an improvement.

1185. Random Transaction Generator Posted: October 11, 2012 at 11:14 PM (#4265349)

Does Swisher always look like he's smirking?

1186. Infinite Yost (Voxter)

Posted: October 11, 2012 at 11:14 PM (#4265350)

Where's the 1B? Are the Orioles trading for Morneau or something?

Swish can play 1B. Actually, if he were a full-time 1b, I'd expect he'd be an excellent one. He just hasn't been called upon to do it much, lately.

1187. Guts

Posted: October 11, 2012 at 11:15 PM (#4265351)

Cal is not amused by this Jeffrey Maier reference.

1188. Best Regards, President of Comfort, Esq. Posted: October 11, 2012 at 11:15 PM (#4265352)

Yeah, Swisher handled 1B well when Tex was out.

1189. Lassus Posted: October 11, 2012 at 11:15 PM (#4265354)

Are we going to get to see another Yankee fan doushbag gif?

1190. Gamingboy Posted: October 11, 2012 at 11:16 PM (#4265355)

Onward to inning 12. And somebody tell John to stop picking on Cal, least he be reminded that he didn't do much better against the '96 Yankees.

1191. Infinite Yost (Voxter)

Posted: October 11, 2012 at 11:17 PM (#4265357)

Random Q: What happened to the Russell Martin who hit 293 / 374 / 469 when he was 24? For one year he was Yogi Berra, and then he became a journeyman. Did he get hurt?

1192. Bourbon Samurai is disturbed by bagel developments Posted: October 11, 2012 at 11:18 PM (#4265358)

Double magic: Weiters and Crisp! I'm calling it now!

1193. Best Regards, President of Comfort, Esq. Posted: October 11, 2012 at 11:18 PM (#4265359)

Onward to inning 12. And somebody tell John to stop picking on Cal, least he be reminded that he didn't do much better against the '96 Yankees.

He did great against them, but Pettitte was better in one of those two games.

1194. Lassus Posted: October 11, 2012 at 11:19 PM (#4265361)

Poor Richie Garcia. He really is a nice guy.

(Please don't flame me.)

1195. Gamingboy Posted: October 11, 2012 at 11:19 PM (#4265363)

Wieters impaled Joba!?!?!?! OOooohh, oww.....

1196. Best Regards, President of Comfort, Esq. Posted: October 11, 2012 at 11:19 PM (#4265364)

Well, Joba's out.

1197. The Ghost screws up everything with hubris

Posted: October 11, 2012 at 11:20 PM (#4265366)

He turned away after it was hit. Didn't he see that it was coming?

1198. Bourbon Samurai is disturbed by bagel developments Posted: October 11, 2012 at 11:20 PM (#4265367)

Man, Lew Ford. I mean, what the hell is he doing up.

1199. Jose Remains The Most Absurd Thing on the Site Posted: October 11, 2012 at 11:20 PM (#4265368)

Random Q: What happened to the Russell Martin who hit 293 / 374 / 469 when he was 24? For one year he was Yogi Berra, and then he became a journeyman. Did he get hurt?

No idea. What's weird is he then spent a couple if years as a good OBP, no power guy and now his average has cratered but he has good power. He's like three different people.

1200. Gamingboy Posted: October 11, 2012 at 11:21 PM (#4265370)

He turned away after it was hit. Didn't he see that it was coming?

I noticed it and Cal just said it, but it seems like Wieters was basically telling him to look out but he was looking the other way.

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