IST - Orioles vs. Opponent

[metirish]

Went to bed at the end of 12, saw Edgy's Facebook post this morning, chuffed.

Douchebag doctor at work yesterday asking other doctor if he watched the Ibanez have " it was historic", I chimed in with " typical Yankees fan, every home run and win is historic".I mean,STFU.

[bmfc1]

The Crypt Keeper strikes again: the ALCS starts tomorrow. No day off for the O's or Opponent while the Tigers wait to see if they have to fly to NY for a game tomorrow.

[MFS62]

I have this feeling in my gut that Angel Hernandez will make a wrong call that determines the outcome of the game.

Later

[Frayed Knot]

bmfc1 wrote: The Crypt Keeper strikes again: the ALCS starts tomorrow. No day off for the O's or Opponent while the Tigers wait to see if they have to fly to NY for a game tomorrow.

And I'm sure someone on (or claiming to speak for) the surviving team will complain about the lack of an off-day between rounds, and that someone at MLB will promise this won't happen in the future. But I don't have any problem with it. It's not like you're suddenly putting teams & players through some kind of pace that is over and above what they do during the regular season. Play a series, jump on a plane, play the next day in the next city - and in this case they will have only played 3 days since the last day off. It's not a hardship and if it helps you avoid November then it's a win all around as far as I'm concerned.

[Edgy MD]

Sheesh, with all the years the Yankees would waltz to a championship playing three games a week, I'm all for stacking 'em up.

[Frayed Knot]

Edgy DC wrote: Sheesh, with all the years the Yankees would waltz to a championship playing three games a week, I'm all for stacking 'em up.

Yup.
We were talking about the 2009 set-up in another thread yesterday so I looked it up last night: 15 games played by the Yanx (out of a possible 19) spread out over 31 days
THAT is making the post-season follow a totally different pattern than the regular. Having back-to-back games with first-pitch times separated by approx 26 hours which may or may not be in a different city within the same time-zone is most definitely not unusual or a hardship.

[Ceetar]

I so wish they could manage dynamic playoff dates too. Say the ALCS and NLCS both only go 5 games. Instead of waiting a week to start the WS, one day off and go.

[bmfc1]

You already know why the MFYs bench is so deep but Costa explains it again:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444799904578050711563907982.html?mod=WSJ_NY_Sports_LEFTTopStories

[Frayed Knot]

Ceetar wrote: I so wish they could manage dynamic playoff dates too. Say the ALCS and NLCS both only go 5 games. Instead of waiting a week to start the WS, one day off and go.

That's something that won't happen because of TV.
We may think of these games as sporting contests but the networks view them as programming to be carefully placed so as to fill specific time-slots, maximize viewership, and promo that networks upcoming events.

[bmfc1]

A. Rodriguez is not in the starting lineup tonight. And there are good seats available for reasonable prices as MFY fans regard this round as the warm-up act for the Series:
Brian Costa ?@BrianCostaWSJ
StubHub shows more than 4,100 tickets available for Yanks-Os Game 5, starting at $36.

[Ceetar]

bmfc1 wrote: A. Rodriguez is not in the starting lineup tonight. And there are good seats available for reasonable prices as MFY fans regard this round as the warm-up act for the Series: Brian Costa ?@BrianCostaWSJ StubHub shows more than 4,100 tickets available for Yanks-Os Game 5, starting at $36.

That's actually a good day-of showing, there were 12k available when I woke up, as low as $15.

But there are hundreds if not thousands available on Yankees.com. Look to the sections by the foul poles, particularly terrace level, if you want a laugh.

[metirish]

Rodriguez not in the starting nine is not good........we need him there, come on Joe.

[Ceetar]

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

[bmfc1]

JCL--outstanding.
BUCKle In and Let's Go O's!

[Gwreck]

No baserunners for either team through the first 3 innings.

[smg58]

Nine runs in 50 innings so far. As dramatic as the series has been, the Orioles' lineup has been embarrassing.

[Gwreck]

First two men on in the 8th for the Orioles. If not now, then never.

[Frayed Knot]

Where was that single ... maybe 18 inches outside of Jeter's right foot?

[Gwreck]

Nate McLouth: now is your chance to be an American hero.

[Frayed Knot]

I'm guessing that ballet wasn't part of CC's off-season training.

[Guest Kong76]

O's leaving bases loaded just sent me into a depressed spiral ...

[Guest themetfairy]

Ah Fuck.

Now we are all Tigers fans.

[Guest Kong76]

Hats off to CC and Arod!

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

If Michigan State winning national championships is a "game-changer" for Flint-the-city, and the Saints "saved" New Orleans with a SB victory, this means Baltimore is officially and finally a civic failure, right?

Well, hey, Sabathia practically put an apple in his mouth and offered himself to the Os for their in-game feasting pleasure during that eighth; if they can't take advantage of that, and the MFYs' relative power outage, well...