IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

[G-Fafif]

Duvall grand slam in the first nullified by two pair of Astro runs in the second and third — then Freeman unties it with a no-doubter in the bottom of the third. The teams are 10 runs apiece from replicating the Philly-Toronto 15-14 headspinner of yore.

[Frayed Knot]

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... The teams are 10 runs apiece from replicating the Philly-Toronto 15-14 headspinner of yore.

[G-Fafif]

Zack Greinke just singled as a pinch-hitter, thereby securing my Hall of Fame vote.

[Frayed Knot]

Greinke, pinch-hitting, gets the last hit by a pitcher in the history of baseball.

OK, maybe not the absolute last one ever but purdy damn close.

[Frayed Knot]

The end of the 4th inning slides in just under the two hour mark.

[G-Fafif]

Astros take a 7-5 lead in the fifth with the bottom of their lineup getting it done.

[Frayed Knot]

It sounds like that's a very (artificially) loud stadium down there.

I mean, all these stadia are artificially loud these days but this one even more than usual it seems, a good chunk of which is likely MLB directed.

The organist there still gets his/her chops in (like playing 'I'm a Little Teapot' for Jose Altuve the other day) but it's being squeezed-out/drowned-out by the piped-in stuff.

[G-Fafif]

Kendall Graveman batted in the top of the ninth n order to stay in and complete the non-save save (four-run lead). He looked at a three-two strike to complete the final scheduled pitcher's AB of this World Series (and maybe forever).



Zack Greinke remains available off the bench for Houston after the 9-5 Astros win.

[Frayed Knot]

Losing Nine to Five / What a Way to Take a Beating

Blow a Four-Oh Lead / To the Team Accused of Cheating ...

[stevejrogers]

Frayed Knot wrote: It sounds like that's a very (artificially) loud stadium down there. I mean, all these stadia are artificially loud these days but this one even more than usual it seems, a good chunk of which is likely MLB directed. The organist there still gets his/her chops in (like playing 'I'm a Little Teapot' for Jose Altuve the other day) but it's being squeezed-out/drowned-out by the piped-in stuff.

I guess it's still so ingrained for Trevor Hoffman, but when those Hell's Bells chimes started, my first thought was “uh, there's no reliever coming in right now?”

[Ceetar]

Frayed Knot wrote: It sounds like that's a very (artificially) loud stadium down there. I mean, all these stadia are artificially loud these days but this one even more than usual it seems, a good chunk of which is likely MLB directed. The organist there still gets his/her chops in (like playing 'I'm a Little Teapot' for Jose Altuve the other day) but it's being squeezed-out/drowned-out by the piped-in stuff.

they need to make sure you hear the racism.



At least they didn't win it at home, now hopefully the Astros can keep them from winning at all.

[MFS62]

Hey Coach.

I throw an 82 miles per hour hanging slider.

Put me in there.

I can strike out Travis D'Arnaud.

Especially with runners on base.



Later

[G-Fafif]

Election Night Lineups.

[Fman99]

Christ, Joe Buck and America's favorite HOF super spreader. I loathe these two stiffs.

[Frayed Knot]

They wound up surviving it, but how do the Braves not challenge that 1st inning play at 1st?

[G-Fafif]

Soler flare: 446 feet. ATL up three after three.

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

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Soler flare: 446 feet. ATL up three after three.

[Fman99]

I'm watching Star Trek reruns now. Even if I gave a fig for either of these teams, you can bet I'm not watching anyone else celebrate a championship. Fuck. That.

[Willets Point]

I'm beginning to get the feeling that it is entirely possible for a team from the NL East that hasn't won a championship since the 20th century to win the division with fewer 90 wins and then win the World Series.



Sigh.

[Willets Point]

They should let some fans on the field to stomp divots polo-style.

[Frayed Knot]

For a more anticlimactic WS clincher we probably need to go back to 1987 when the Royals put up 2 in the 2nd inning, 3 more in the 3rd, and then hung a 6-spot in the 5th en route to an 11-Zip Game 7 thrashing of the Cardinals.

[Willets Point]

With the way Houston put up late-inning runs in the ALCS, I still consider this a close game.

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

Congrats to the Braves. I can go back to disliking them tomorrow.

[G-Fafif]

Nice going d'Arnaud & co.

[Frayed Knot]

Wait a minute ... this was over prior to midnight.

Is that even allowed these days?!?

[G-Fafif]

Jorge Soler's powerful case for MVP is verified with the Willie Mays trophy.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Congrats to the Braves.

[bmfc1]

Congratulations to the Braves, the team and the Front Office. They lost one of the top 5 players in baseball to injury, a very good OF because of his despicable behavior plus a top SP to injury and still won with crafty trades at the deadline that didn't cost them a top 10 prospect.

Their fans and the "look-at-me" organist can go screw themselves.

The last 2 162-game season World Champions are from the NL East. Let's hope that the Mets can be the 3d in 2022.