With only a month left to go, who are your postseason picks?

Rays
White Sox
Angels
Twins (Wild Card)

Mets
Cubs
D-backs
Brewers (Wild Card)

World Series: Mets beat White Sox

8/29/2008 4:47:12 AM

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8/29/2008 6:28:00 AM

Mets over Sox?

Homer? Or just having fun?

8/29/2008 10:18:30 AM

Yeah, because EVERYONE thought the Cards had a chance in '06... it still pisses me off that joke of a team beat the Mets.. but when you have John Maine and Oliver Perez (both of whom weren't even in the big leagues the majority of that season) on the hill for 4 out of 7 games what can you expect.

And anyway, this Mets team is actually really good. If not for the injuries to the bullpen this team would have been right with the Cubs for the best record in the NL. How they are 15 over with the daily atrocity that is the bullpen is beyond me.

Thankfully, we picked up Ayala and Wagner is on the mend. If we can get Heilman out of any significant role and actually rest Duaner Sanchez's fucked up shoulder we will be as strong as anyone in the postseason.

[Edited on August 29, 2008 at 10:45 AM. Reason : x]

8/29/2008 10:44:56 AM

Angels over Cubs

i know, i'm really going out on a limb

8/29/2008 11:56:52 AM

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"Yeah, because EVERYONE thought the Cards had a chance in '06... it still pisses me off that joke of a team beat the Mets.."

Fuck off dude. You act like the Mets have been the best team in the NL for sometime now and guess what news-flash they aren't. You are just a little too much of a homer. Compare the Cardinals record in the 2000s to the Mets and then come talk to me.

[Edited on August 29, 2008 at 7:59 PM. Reason : The Mets/Sox might both miss the playoffs so it's not really logical to pick them as favorites]

8/29/2008 7:58:04 PM

Here's the thing about the Mets...when everyone expects them to win, they find a way to fuck it up (ie 1988,2006,2007)...but when they barely squeak past the competition or are playing from behind for most of the season, they end up surprising you. Not too different from the NY Football Giants.

9/1/2008 8:55:29 PM

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"but when they barely squeak past the competition or are playing from behind for most of the season, they end up surprising you"

The Mets never really surprise anyone (unless you're counting '69). They're always just overhyped by their own fans and some NY media. Every year is the year, man, and every year they're either non-factors (most of the last 30+ seasons) or failures on the doorstep (2000, 2006). I say that, of course, being a fan of the most successful chokers of all-time.

9/1/2008 9:29:27 PM

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"Every year is the year, man, and every year they're either non-factors (most of the last 30+ seasons) or failures on the doorstep (2000, 2006)."

You talking about the mets or the Pack?

I have:
Brewers
Cubs
Phillies
Dbacks

Angels
Rays
White Sox
Red Sox

Brewers over the Angels in 7

[Edited on September 1, 2008 at 9:34 PM. Reason : ?]

9/1/2008 9:34:15 PM

Brewers fire Ned Yost

9/15/2008 3:32:28 PM

Cubs over the Sox

9/15/2008 3:52:28 PM

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"Brewers fire Ned Yost"

I wonder if he's still Cox's heir apparent. I haven't paid any attention to baseball in several months.

9/15/2008 8:17:04 PM

Phillies over everybody

9/15/2008 11:43:23 PM

lolzer, twins for the wild card

not to mention, seriously, the white sox win the world series?

the other sox have had no problem whatsoever handling chicago.

[Edited on September 16, 2008 at 7:57 PM. Reason : lolz]

9/16/2008 7:57:01 PM

Phils

9/16/2008 11:39:52 PM

Cubs over the Halos

9/16/2008 11:56:42 PM

white sox over phillies in 6

9/17/2008 12:05:47 AM

Not sure if the White Sox have the starting pitching to make through the ALCS, but they certainly have the bullpen and bats to do it. I like Boston over the Dodgers for the title. The NL always seems to have an overachiever as its World Series rep. And, I'll have to see it to believe with my Cubbies.

9/17/2008 12:09:17 AM

LOL everyone just comes in here and picks their favorite team to win.....

Not saying they will win but the Angels have to be favorites.

9/17/2008 1:43:37 AM

the cubs will be the CLEAR vegas favorites
followed by...
angels
al east winner
al wild card
nl east
nl wild card
al central
nl west

9/17/2008 9:28:43 AM

i dont know why the Angels wouldnt be the clear favorites...i mean clearly they're the AL favorites and the Cubs are the NL favorites...just seems like most people still regard the AL as the better league, and the Angels are the best team in the AL

9/17/2008 10:47:54 AM

Cubs over the Angels in 7 and then I may die happy

9/17/2008 10:51:04 AM

tt:
they just love the cubs in vegas, that's all

9/17/2008 11:12:54 AM

For the month of october I will be a cubs fan.

(F'ing Yankees )

9/17/2008 12:05:39 PM

Giants aren't in the chase obviously but did anybody see Lincecum try to bunt tonight? hahahahah he had his left hand like halfway up the bat and got his finger thwacked by a fastball

9/19/2008 1:28:38 AM

I'm sure the Cy Young award that he is about to win will make him feel better...

** I wouldn't mind the Mets playing the Cubs in a 5 gamer. Santana would win Games 1 and 5, so we'd only need to win one other one of the 3 to win the series... Zambrano is a loon and Dempster on the road doesnt scare me. A healthy Harden anywhere, does.

[Edited on September 19, 2008 at 10:47 AM. Reason : x]

9/19/2008 10:46:55 AM

yes, Harden and his 5.1 innings of fury

9/19/2008 10:51:40 AM

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"I'm sure the Cy Young award that he is about to win will make him feel better..."

He better get it....I swear they will find a way to give it to Webb. The awards never go to the right guys anymore.

9/19/2008 12:14:53 PM

LET'S GO PHILS

9/19/2008 12:26:33 PM

Are you from Philthy?

If not, why do you like a bunch of gays?

9/19/2008 12:43:06 PM

You sound like a goddamn White Sox fan calling fans of your rival team gay.

9/19/2008 4:22:37 PM

cubs would LOVE to play the mets in the playoffs

you arent scared of dempster and we dont give a shit about santana. we've faced sabathia twice and won both games

9/19/2008 5:18:33 PM

if dempster is pitching outside of chicago, he's about as harmless as a cloudy day

if dempster is pitching in wrigley, he's just as good as any other pitcher in the MLB

9/19/2008 5:37:33 PM

zambrano has proved that his no-hitter was no joke by following it up with an incredibly strong start

9/19/2008 5:39:35 PM

Can anyone find the record for most consecutive singles by a player without getting an out/walk?

9/19/2008 7:54:01 PM

dunno about singles, but a quick google search suggests someone has hit in 12 consecutive at bats

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"I found this paragraph while searching for this information - it comes from a summary of the 1952 season. July 15 - Detroit Tigers first baseman Walt Dropo collects seven consecutive hits over the course of doubleheader against the Washington Senators. Combined with the five consecutive hits he recored on July 14, Dropo establishes the American League and Major League record for consecutive hits in consecutive plate appearances with ten base hits. So he set the record at 10, although my math tells me that 5 consecutive hits followed by 7 more makes 12, not 10... so I am not 100% sure on this information. But Chick Hafey definitely hit in 10 consecutive at bats back in 1929. There is also the possibility that somebody has had more since then, which I have yet to check out. edit - the record is definitely 12, I think the paragraph I quoted may have had a typo in it. I found reference to Bernie Williams getting an 11th consecutive hit against Seattle on Aug 17th 2002, which is said to have "fallen one short of the MLB record", so the record is definitely 12 and I think Walt Dropo holds it. 2nd edit - Walt Dropo holds the record at 12, jointly with Pinky Higgins of the Redsox who also had a 12 hit streak in 1938. FINAL ANSWER! NO MORE EDITS! I guess I am "showing my working" at least, that always got extra marks in school!"

9/19/2008 8:31:13 PM

^^^Nothing new here to see. Somehow the Cardinals own Zambrano.

9/19/2008 9:27:52 PM

Ah okay. Cameron Maybin is up to 9 hits in a row, all singles. I think 10 times on base.

[Edited on September 19, 2008 at 9:30 PM. Reason : q]

9/19/2008 9:30:29 PM

Thanks Fish...

oh and this just in... sheffield is fucking crazy.

http://mlb.mlb.com/media/video.jsp?mid=200809193511038

9/19/2008 11:59:56 PM

Don't thank us. You guys are likely the team we will have to beat if we want to get in. Phillies still have another series against the nats, you guys still have the cubs. If we were to somehow pull off the miracle it would probably be against the mets. Though even if we lose that series and miss the playoffs, I'll still be happy that they made the last few weeks interesting.

9/20/2008 10:19:00 AM

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"you arent scared of dempster and we dont give a shit about santana."

That's pretty dumb... I said Dempster on the road... and Santana is a better pitcher anyway.

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Kazmir leads Rays to the playoffs today

9/20/2008 7:01:16 PM

3 games today and no posts?

Philly 3 Milwaukee 1
LA Dodgers 7 Chi Cubs 2

Sox/Angels currently in process

10/1/2008 11:59:58 PM

WTG, Matthews Jr

10/2/2008 12:04:57 AM

Game 1: BoSox

10/2/2008 1:22:38 AM

i'm mad, but not TOO mad, that the White Sox lost....I'd be pulling for the Rays to win it all if the Sox weren't in it


and WTG, Dodgers! Looks like it'll be another 100 years

10/2/2008 10:12:49 PM

W00T Go Rays!!!

10/3/2008 9:05:33 PM

ahaha

bosox score 4 runs after having 2 outs in the 1st inning

10/3/2008 9:48:24 PM

if all the series continue as they are, i'll have 2 of my 4 money teams remaining in the playoffs

Me: BoSox, Phillies, Twins, Cubs

Opponent: ChiSox, Brewers, Mets, Angels

10/3/2008 9:51:34 PM

5 years ago if you told me the Red Sox would be THE model big market franchise in baseball I'd have told you that you are an idiot... but they are.

And LOL at Torii Hunter...

10/3/2008 10:42:45 PM

Game 2: BoSox

10/4/2008 1:32:16 AM