ILDST 2021: When Eight Become Four

[G-Fafif]

Your League Division Series (serieses?) begin at 4:07 PM EDT today with the White Sox visiting the Astros. The Rays will host the Red Sox in prime time, plenty of good seats chronically available.



Tomorrow the NL gets underway as the AL continues, giving us that guaranteed One Crazy Day of four playoff games, topped off late by the Giants and Dodgers — which is gonna be lit! (Also Atlanta bores the nation by visiting Milwaukee.)

Edited October 7, 2021 by Guest

[Frayed Knot]

Astros fans must be sick of always getting the opening [read: loser] time slot.

Six times in the playoffs in the last seven seasons; twice in the WS, once a winner.

But consistently relegated to the mid-week, 3PM (local) time slot while the coastal cities get all the prime time glory.



If they were in the NFL the league would make them play in London.

[Willets Point]

I know TV executives and MLB executives don't think this way, but it would make sense if the game with two teams who play in the Eastern Time Zone was the early game and the game with two teams who play in the Central Time Zone was the night game. This would make it easier for the younger fans, and a good share of older fans, of these teams to watch the entire game.

[Benjamin Grimm]

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Your League Championship Series (serieses?) begin at 4:07 PM EDT today...

[G-Fafif]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: =G-Fafif post_id=79461 time=1633621845 user_id=55] Your League Championship Series (serieses?) begin at 4:07 PM EDT today...

You confused me there for a minute. It's the Division Series (dumb name), not the LCS.

[Willets Point]

Got some Lance v. Lance action in the early ALDS game.

[Edgy MD]

Sounds like Cinemax will have cover that one.

[Frayed Knot]

Willets Point wrote: Got some Lance v. Lance action in the early ALDS game.

McCullers had the superior game to Lynn today as well as the superior beard.

[Willets Point]

Lance wins!



Also, Lance loses.

[Frayed Knot]

TBR's Randy Arozarena picking up where he left off in last year's post-season.

Tonight he has a long HR plus just now a straight steal of home.



5-0 Rays after 7

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Yeah that was cool. Boston got nothing tonight

[Frayed Knot]

That's the first one that fell uncaught, but OF'ers have lost four or five fly balls tonight plus there's already been a HR off one of the catwalk 'rings,



The stadium suxx

[Gwreck]

Frayed Knot wrote: But consistently relegated to the mid-week, 3PM (local) time slot while the coastal cities get all the prime time glory.

Well, they should get more fans then.



The biggest-audiences-get-best-time-slots issue inures to the Mets' benefit in good years. I don't see the issue.

[Frayed Knot]

Oh I know why it's the case. I'd just be sick of it if I were them, knowing that the networks automatically assigns you the least desirable time slots every single year

unless you happen to be matched up against the Yanx or Sox at which point you become the party of the other part.



The Braves get it too. Francesa used to argue that the three worst pro sports cities in the country were Atlanta, Miami, and Houston, and he was probably right about that (he had to be occasionally right about something!)



Astros/ChiSox - 2:00 today MLBN

Braves & Brewers - 4:30 TBS

[bmfc1]

I shouldn't objectify but is the woman in the front row behind home in Milwaukee the same one that we discussed at another time?

[MFS62]

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I shouldn't objectify but is the woman in the front row behind home in Milwaukee the same one that we discussed at another time?

[Willets Point]

The Rays load the bases with a bunch of seeing-eye singles and then Jordan Luplow hits a grand slam. Up 5-2 in the first inning. I guess this won't be a pitching duel.

[Willets Point]

Red Sox hit 4 home runs and now lead 8-5 in the 5th. Definitely not a pitching duel.

[Fman99]

Braves lost. I approve. More of the same please.

[Willets Point]

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Braves lost. I approve. More of the same please.

[stevejrogers]

Posey and Crawford are the last remaining members of the 2016 team that…well I don't think I can say at this time…



Same year as Kris Bryant's World Championship run though. So ghosts of Bochy's last postseason ride helping the Giants on the offensive side.

[G-Fafif]

Logan Webb > Hank Webb

[Fman99]

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Logan Webb > Hank Webb

[Frayed Knot]

Jack Webb could put them all behind bars.

[G-Fafif]

Game 2 lineups in San Fran:



Betts RF

Seager SS

T. Turner 2B

J. Turner 3B

Smith C

Taylor CF

Bellinger 1B

Pollock LF

Urías P



Darin Ruf – LF

Kris Bryant – CF

Austin Slater – RF

Buster Posey – C

Wilmer Flores – 1B

Brandon Crawford – SS

Evan Longoria – 3B

Donovan Solano – 2B

Kevin Gausman – RHP

[G-Fafif]

Meanwhile, Braves maintain a 3-0 lead in their Game Two at Stiller (Still Miller) Park as they and those who Brew head for the eighth.

[Fman99]

I have the late game on but I really don't care who wins this series, now that I'm watching. I guess I hate the Dodgers more but

[Frayed Knot]

I'm pulling for the Brews & Giants, and, to a lesser extent, ChiSox & Rays. But not all that passionately in any of those cases.

My one rooting interesting this year's post-season ended with the very first game played (AL WC).

[Edgy MD]

I find it hard to get behind the Brews for anything. I'm not sure why.



I dislike Bud Selig, but don't revile him more than most or anything. I kind of hate them leaving the AL just to show it can be done.



Kinda find everything about the Ryan Braun thing gross. Actually, I found Ryan Braun kinda gross before there was a Ryan Braun thing, so maybe it's that.

[Willets Point]

Perversely, I think a World Series between the Brewers and Astros with the teams representing the wrong leagues would be kind of fun.