MLB 2011 Playoffs

oVo · Post by **oVo** » Sat Oct 15, 2011 10:53 pm

Both teams are terrific and it was a great Series,
quite the offensive explosion tonight though.

Army of GOD · Post by **Army of GOD** » Sun Oct 16, 2011 12:42 am

Texas was definitely the sleeper in the playoffs. All the talk was about the Yanks, Phils, Detroit, Tampa, Cards and Brewers. Diamondbacks and Rangers weren't talked about at all...I guess everyone thought that without Lee they wouldn't be as good.

If I was the Rangers, I'd much rather face the inexperienced Brewers. As good as Braun has been this season, Pujols is a god and LaRussa is a great manager.

nietzsche · Post by **nietzsche** » Sun Oct 16, 2011 10:25 pm

Hard to digest, the final of a great season for the Brewers.

oVo · Post by **oVo** » Sun Oct 16, 2011 10:35 pm

The Brew Crew needs a major rally...
bottom of the 8th, down 6 runs.

Night Strike · Post by **Night Strike** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 12:05 am

Night Strike wrote:Cardinals and Tigers both win in 6, Cardinals win WS in 7.

$\:D/$ $\:D/$

At least I was right about the team that matters! I still pick Cardinals in 7 for the World Series.

nietzsche · Post by **nietzsche** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 12:39 am

Texas in 5.

Army of GOD · Post by **Army of GOD** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 12:40 am

Cards in 7

nietzsche · Post by **nietzsche** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 12:52 am

Lets analyze position by position:

Pos------Texas--------------Cardinals
C-------- Napoli--------------Molina

1B-------Young---------------Pujols

2B-------Kinsler

----------Punto
3B-------Beltre

-----------Hairston
SS-------Andrews

---------Furcal
LF-------Chavez--------------Holliday

CF-------Hamilton

--------Jay
RF-------Cruz-----------------Bergman

Possible Match-ups:

CJ Wilson vs Carpenter
Holland vs Lohse
Lewis vs Garcia
Ogando vs Jackson ?

anyone disagree?

Army of GOD · Post by **Army of GOD** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 12:58 am

nietzsche wrote:Lets analyze position by position:

Pos------Texas--------------Cardinals
C-------- Napoli--------------Molina
1B-------Young---------------Pujols
2B-------Kinsler ----------Punto
3B-------Beltre -----------Hairston
SS-------Andrews ---------Furcal
LF-------Chavez--------------Holliday
CF-------Hamilton --------Jay
RF-------Cruz-----------------Bergman

anyone disagree?

Napoli/Molina is close.

St. Louis has better pitching, though.

whitestazn88 · Post by **whitestazn88** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 5:10 pm

Bye Prince Fielder!

And if Texas wins: Bye Albert Pujols!

oVo · Post by **oVo** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 11:48 pm

Hamilton LF & Murphy CF
Rangers in 5 would rock!

oVo · Post by **oVo** » Wed Oct 19, 2011 4:34 pm

Finally... the World Series is just a couple hours away
and after all the sportscaster chatter we get see how
it actually plays out. The question is...
Big Bats or Pitching & Defense?

I'm kind of hoping this is an offensive series.

Army of GOD · Post by **Army of GOD** » Wed Oct 19, 2011 5:45 pm

lol@baseball for not letting Dirk throw out the first pitch. What a bunch of squares.

Anyway, I'd definitely take pitching and defense over big bats.

oVo · Post by **oVo** » Thu Oct 20, 2011 9:52 am

A good game last night, key hits sealed it, but it wasn't an offensive showing
by either side. Now if the Rangers can just get the split tonight...

nietzsche · Post by **nietzsche** » Thu Oct 20, 2011 10:05 pm

I want to have Yadiel's children. The guy can't swing the bat, he's hurt, but he draws a walk. Impressive.

nietzsche · Post by **nietzsche** » Thu Oct 20, 2011 10:06 pm

... and I want to kill Nick Punto's children.

Night Strike · Post by **Night Strike** » Thu Oct 20, 2011 10:22 pm

That loss was epically painful. A 2-0 lead would have been huge.

oVo · Post by **oVo** » Thu Oct 20, 2011 10:27 pm

OH BABY! What a game.

nietzsche · Post by **nietzsche** » Fri Oct 21, 2011 12:04 am

Night Strike wrote:That loss was epically painful. A 2-0 lead would have been huge.

I think it would've been definitive.

oVo · Post by **oVo** » Fri Oct 21, 2011 12:11 am

That was painfully close to a deja vu of Game 1 and the split keeps it interesting. I don't think Texas has dropped consecutive ballgames since early August.

A lot of strong pitching and defense so far, even with both Bull Pens
giving up some critical hits late.

nietzsche · Post by **nietzsche** » Sat Oct 22, 2011 7:09 pm

How about that Craig guy, and this time wasn't against Ogando.

oVo · Post by **oVo** » Sun Oct 23, 2011 9:14 am

Ogando was lights out against Detroit and has shown nothing against the Cardinals. Pujols was imitating Godzilla last night. It was nice of Washington to pitch to him that final at bat and let him take a third pitcher deep.

Harrison wasn't pitching that bad and it sucked when the 1st base ump blew the call on the double play "tag by Napoli" in the top of the fourth inning, allowing a 4 run Card's rally. That was a real game changer.

Game Three looks like a football score.

Army of GOD · Post by **Army of GOD** » Sun Oct 23, 2011 10:25 pm

What a pitching performance tonight. Definitely going 7.

lord voldemort · Post by **lord voldemort** » Sun Oct 23, 2011 10:28 pm

Holland dealt.

nietzsche · Post by **nietzsche** » Sun Oct 23, 2011 10:34 pm

They just keep showing Nolan Ryan, I get a hard one every time. It's hard for me to watch the game like this.

So, 8 starters came and went, an the series is tied 2-2. It's time for C.J. Wilson to redeem himself, otherwise Carpender and Garcia might deliver a WS to St. Louis.

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