Back by popular-ish demand, here’s your spot to talk about tonight’s playoff action, if for some pointless reason you’d rather discuss it here than in the actually-related post, which I’ve written, previewing tonight’s game, over at Getting Blanked.
Enjoy!
8:00 PM ET:
New York Yankees (Hughes, P.) @ Detroit Tigers (Verlander, J.)
TV: TBS/Sportsnet – Tigers lead 2-0
Dare I say a the possibility of the Yankees getting swept in the ALCS has a calm soothing effect on my baseball soul.
From your lips to God’s ears Tom.
+1
+2. Gonna settle in at home with a big boozy hop monster and watch Verlander work his magic.
Never hear the end of how Fielder carried the Tigers.
Zat you, Santa Claus?
Long time no see, at least under jesuscristo handle. Cheers.
Let’s go Tigers!
100 MPH fastball, 90 mph changeup, dates Kate Upton and get’s free Little Cesars for life.
I want your life Mr. Verlander.
Caesars’s even.
That’s an interesting window into your soul, Smasher! Could life get any better? Let me count the ways.
Maybe if Kate Upton had beer flavoured nipples, failing that I’m not sure you could improve on his life.
Man doth not live on beer flavoured nipples and pizza alone.
Does Mr. Stoeten often post the articles on Getting Spanked?
I think he, Parkes and Drew are taking turns live blogging the games.
Only when he gets the urge to write something that applies to baseball as a whole, I’m pretty sure. So once every few weeks or so?
His urges are usually more primal than that. Let me introduce you to the Smasher as a case in point.
Us simple folk enjoy the simple pleasures.
I’m a simple man myself. One who appreciates variety is all. Cheers.
I don’t know about anyone else, but clicking reload now gives me pause.
Is it because you feel like they’re gaming the system?
If it is true that each reload/refresh counts as a new hit, and when I consider how many times I have to do it to involve myself in the discussion, then yes, to a point. I don’t at all begrudge Stoeten any extra leverage that might accrue, but his argument that many comments doesn’t translate into many visits is certainly weakened.
The whole reload page count doesn’t make any sense to me…what does it prove? It seems so 1992. I must be missing something.
I’m missing the entire year of 1992.
Not to mention the wholes 60′s thingy.
Have you noticed how there’s a new ad at the bottom of the page whenever you refresh the page?
Yeah I noticed that today actually
How are your legs?
Did you know that boston is already at capacity for 2013?
The legs are actually pretty good today, thanks for asking. I’m going to do the Road2Hope in the Hammer in November to see if I can crack 3:15. I’m in no rush to run another marathon in 2013, so it’ll give me a break.
How’s your headache?
Karen–It’s just another part of the whole ‘counting stats’ controversy.
Headache is still hanging around a bit. I think it’s course related:-)
Can someone punch the guy howl-yelling in the throat please?
I can’t tell you how much I appreciate being able to see what inning it is, amongst other things. See Smasher–simple pleasures!
Cabrera done good.
With the lineup changes the Yanks are a tinier bit harder to hate. On principle though I still hate them. (but without complete disdain)
What?
They’re beginning to look like a high rent version of the August Jays.
True enough.
I get so much pleasure from seeing a-rod fail.
The guy is such an ass.
+1
I can’t figure out if I’d rather see him strike out 3 or 4 times, or ride the pine. It’s a win/win proposition.
Arod fouling one off his own nuts would be something I’d PVR and enjoy for years..
That and ‘Duck Soup.’
May I suggest simply (!!) turning your hatred towards their bench?
Done. I’ll be excited to renew my loathing when they get to pinch hit later.
Now you’re cooking with gas!
Go Tigers
Nice job, Delmon!
Still wish they woulda kept the fences back…It was like 440 to CF when the Detroit stadium opened
Cano might have better luck at bingo….O58, O58….
Please no 2004 Alcoa comeback yanks, fuck off
Why do so many presumably intelligent folk feel the need to Tweet a play by play of any given baseball game?
Why do so many presumably intelligent folk feel the need to tweet?
Are you on twitter SP? I’d like to follow you.
Karen is now stocking Spud?
Somewhere…. Radar’s heart shatters into a 1000 pieces.
Humpty Dumpty and radars Heart had a lot in common
Sad panda
(She ‘likes’ me. She really, really ‘likes’ me.)
No Karen, I definitely don’t tweet.
Why is it that everytime you have the opportunity to get close to karen, you mess it up. Spud that’s the wrong answer! Go open a twitter account now and then you will have the 1 follower of your dreams.
Why do I have to do all the thinking around here
I don’t tweet either, I just follow people.
birddawg–you know more of the answers because you’ve made more of the mistakes.
Well this will work out just great then, neither of you tweets but 1 of you follows…ok this is my fault please return to the topic of ‘ presumably intelligent folk’ cause I am clearly not in this group
I’d like to hear how you guys would handle ballroom dancing…uh o
He’d have to start an account a get a few followers first. Just tweet a bunch of weird shit and you’ll get a ton of crazy Russian sex bot followers.
Then you’ll look twitter cool…
I’m no Ted Kaczynski but I find it all a bit much.
I don’t tweet/facebook or own a cell phone.
Ignorance is bliss.
Smasher, I’ve said it before, but you’re a man after my own heart. (I hope you realize you’ll never win it.)
yeah to be honest I could live without twitter, it’s just there.
The more I see of it, the more tedious I find it.
No worries, I’m planning on stealingl Kate Upton from Verlander.
She’d be a lucky woman. (I suspect that she’s simple as well.)
Jerry Howarth should broadcast all the playoff games – he’s the best
It appears they are integrating him into the television side of things a little more this year. Am I right?
Sorry Tom, I listen to the radio.
You only listen to radio, no T.V whatsoever?
No they don’t carry it the Bei Jing channels. Its a little complicated.
Ok comrade.
Apparently Miguel Cabrera is responsible for Delmon Young’s homerun and Phil Hughes’ injury…is tabler on the teleprompter???
No Cam, I believe he’s on drugs.
Well done Mr. Potatoes.
They call him…… Tater Salad
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neUaSTSKFZc
Apparently they were arresting everyone driving down that particular sidewalk, and that ain’t right.
I always kinda like his standup, best of the four I’d say.
Ya, his tanning lotion in Vegas story is money.
How is that possible? (not that I mind, mind.)
Anyone flipping back and forth between the debate?
I’d like to think I already know who’s going to win that GSMC, but now you’ve piqued my interest.
Tempers are beginning to flare.
In a word, feisty. Cool. About time.
I wish Biden could bean Romney.
No, last I checked no one has posted on Getting Blanked.
lol smasher, clever
Jeez karen don’t encourage him. His ego’s big enough.
Nice!
Clever.
I thought maybe RADAR would post on Getting Bored tonight, he’s such a softie
Just in the interest of detente.
In my past life,I’ve always found it best to mix ruthlessness with compassion.It produces the best results.
He’s got something of a Brazilian nature in play, last I heard.
Rubber tree?
smooth!
Radar, you must convince Karen that she’s doing you no favours with remarks such as “he’s such a softie.” Talk about damning with faint praise!
I’ve been called every name in the book but “he’s such a softie ” really hurts.I expose my soft underbelly and the sharks come out and attack.
To be fair, Radar, it’s not as though it was exactly hidden before.
…but now it’s smooooooooooth!
I know, I need bigger shirts.
Wait till you get to my age.
Can ‘God Bless America’ be far off?
Do we know who’s on tap from Detroit to warble tonight? Perhaps Stevie Wonder?
Nickelback I think.
Gotta love it! Good one Deere.
oh I thought we were talking about his brazilian again, sorry
Apparently the nurses ripped away more than they were supposed to.
Radar, take a compassionate leave of absence and make Stoeten’s heart come all undone. Then hurry back.
What do I say?
I need something profound like “he sure has a nice bahip” or “look at that xFip” or “what an interesting park factor by handedness stat you have there”.
Thank you for that!
Wing it man. Autopilot.
If I get yelled at, I’m coming back for sympathy and a group hug.
You old softie you.
Mark Anderson (BP) on Dawel Lugo in the AFL
Dawel Lugo, SS, Toronto Blue Jays
BLUF: Plus hitter with power projection give him a strong bat-first profile.
Setting the Stage: Lugo was signed by the Blue Jays at the outset of the 2011 international signing period. They gave him a reported $1.3 million signing bonus and he debuted in the Gulf Coast League this year with a .224/.275/.329 line as a 17-year-old.
Scouting Report: The numbers may not support it right now but this scouting report is going to be a glowing one. Lugo’s bat stood out in both games I saw last week. He has plus bat speed, allowing him to drive the ball to all fields with authority. He showed some loft in batting practice and there were hints of that translating in the games. I can see plenty of gap power in his future and the potential to hit 18-20 home runs once he fully matures. While he swings at a lot of pitches, Lugo has tremendous feel for the barrel. He showed an ability to sting a variety of pitches and use the entire field with ease. He has easy plus offensive project
Jays Journal had good things to say about him today as well.
jeff daniels?
At least he didn’t try to bend any notes six ways from Sunday. (ie-melismas)
Why is Will McAvoy not covering the debate tonight?
Who’s scheduled to pitch for the Tigers tomorrow?
Scherzer
I’m gonna get up in the mornin’, I believe I’ll dust my broom.
Robert Johnson, Elmore James, Scherzer?
I thought the blues were apropos given that the Yanks look ripe for a sweeping.
I’m just a tad slow tonight–missed the significance of broom. I’m now up to speed.
Me too SP. Figured it out just before a posted a what the fuck? type comment. Clever me.
Great minds sometimes simply don’t think. It happens.
I was wondering what Elmore had to do with it.
The Skanks are going to raise the white flag tonight.
A hockey reference by an american broadcaster? I’m going to take it as a sign that we’ll have some puck this year.
The many chickens that could have been sacrificed in search of that answer thank you my friend.
How’s Radar making out with “Operation Hornet’s Nest”?
He’s probably going through a proxy server so he isn’t banned for life.
A life term in Radar’s lexicon differs from the average poster’s, it must be said.
Should I start digging now?
Just go through your stretching exercises.
I heard today that the Tigers have set a playoff record for their starters with a combined era of 0.95. Looks like that number’s going even lower.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2012/10/15/detroit-tigers-starting-rotation-dominant-postseason/1635295/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+UsatodaycomSports-TopStories+(Sports+-+Top+Stories)
That’s pretty impressive. I’m glad we’ll have Anibal next year.
I like Anibal but given there’s gonna be 29 other teams after him with some pretty crazy TV contract $$$, well……
So who’s Adrian? Or did Radar give the thousands sitting at GB but not commenting the confidence to convey their thoughts through the cyberweb?
He stole my line about the Yanks looking like the August Jays. I think Adrian is Margaret Fucking Wente!
They thought ‘comments’ were just a fairy tale, apocryphal.
I kind of hope Nunez get’s a hit so ARod get’s to pinch hit and fail… again.
Watch what you wish for.
Oh shit.
Smasher you idjit! What were you thinking?
I apologize. Caused some bad Juju.
You better go ahead and choke your chicken. Just to be on the safe side.
P.E.T.A will be after me, but if I must…..
Use some hand lotion, the travelling salesman’s best friend.
Does a HR count?
Oh Oh, time to get serious.
Crap!
That’s what I was going to say.
Leylands the balls.
Love that guy.
Radar’s on a roll kids.
Radar’s doing yeoman’s work over at GB.
Phil Coke’s got a mean BMF walk…that’s closer material for sure.
Fuck, if the black was still there that’d be a strike!
http://www.bringbacktheblack
I’m barely keeping my eyes open here so please no extras
Breaking an 0 for 29 does not augur well. Pinch yourself. Stop if you find that you’re enjoying it.
I can’t believe Coke Zero is still in there.
I hate the effin Skanks and that praying shit they and their fans do. Finish it now.
And the pinching worked.
Be careful, it can be addictive. A little goes a long way, you know?
Do you think Verlander is happy right now?
I wonder I the Yankees will find a way to unload A-Rod this off season.
Talk about selling low. It’s only money I guess, but it’s such a lot of money that they’d have to eat.
@ SP
I was just kidding about peeling potatoes. I feel so ashamed.
With the exception of Adrian, the hundreds of people at GB must be in a coma.
He actually seemed like a decent guy, he even used foul language.
Adrian needs to follow you into the light. I never doubted that we were doing a schtick Big Guy, and I too have to wonder what we have wrought, given their frail sensibilities. Giggles all around.
Kinda funny. Lots of Yankee fans griping over how ‘shitty’ their team is:
http://riveraveblues.com/2012/10/alcs-game-three-spillover-thread-3-77818/#comments
Imagine how over the moon we’d be if the Jays won 90 games and then made it to the ALCS? Even if we were swept!
Hard for a Jays fan to get in their mindset, that’s for sure.
I enjoyed that!
Since the Jays bandwagon is in the garage for another winter, I suppose I can be a Tigers fan. Verlander is just ridiculously filthy. I can’t recall a pitcher being this dominant in quite some time – perhaps not since Pedro.
I agree. They kept talking about how he didn’t have his best stuff but he looked great to me.
And instead of Pedro, how about Halladay?
Verlander is more nasty than Halladay was IMO, at least in terms of pure stuff. Numbers wise Halladay is the superior pitcher when compaing their first 7 full seasons (to which Halladay was injured for much of 2004 and 2005).
Red Sox fell apart this year and gutted the roster.
Yankees are old and currently falling apart.
No way the O’s can repeat 2012 in 2013.
Rays will always be a dark horse.
Jays in 2013?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?