ALDS IST - NYY vs CLE

[bmfc1]

Did Francona blow it by using Bauer on 3 days rest?

[Frayed Knot]

Bauer wasn't good and needed about 167 pitches just to get through the 2nd, but the fact that 6 of the 7 MFY runs tonight are unearned didn't help.

[Chad ochoseis]

I think so, but my Indians fan friends were on board with it. Francona is generally a good manager, so he's racked up a lot of good karma with the fan base.

[Chad ochoseis]

Best defensive club in the AL right here, folks.

[Frayed Knot]

Oh good, another error.
I was starting to fear for a moment that the Cleveland infield was actually going to field a ground ball before the night was out.

[Chad ochoseis]

Wow. This may turn into a game yet. Betances morphs into Rick Ankiel and the middle of the order is coming up with first and second and none out.

[Frayed Knot]

So Yanx reliever Tommy Kahnle comes in to retire the side on 8 pitches, all strikes -- and yet he and Sanchez somehow required [u:2b7n3sbi]THREE[/u:2b7n3sbi] mound meetings to get through it.
They confabbed after the second, fifth, and seventh pitches. Any wonder why they're (once again) headed for the four hour mark in a game that won't even go the full nine innings?

When I'm commissioner (or just king of the world) the second mound visit in an inning would be met by immediate tasing of all involved.

[MFS62]

Frayed Knot wrote: When I'm commissioner (or just king of the world) the second mound visit in an inning would be met by immediate tasing of all involved.

Depending on the team, I wouldn't wait for one mound visit.

Later

[metirish]

Christ , there is just something( many things actually) that irk the fuck out of me seeing Mfy fans in the stands, they have a way about them

[MFS62]

metirish wrote: Christ , there is just something( many things actually) that irk the fuck out of me seeing Mfy fans in the stands, they have a way about them

For the ones in the stands, its their feeling of entitlement that produces an aura of repulsiveness around them.
For the "bleacher Creatures", their look makes me want to check an Anthropology textbook to see how far to the left of "Man Walks Upright" they fall on the evolutionary scale. Its somewhere before civilized man learned to curve the brim on their baseball caps.

Later

[ashie62]

I just kinda know the MFY's will win just to make my life miserable.

[Guest Mets Willets Point]

Cleveland must win tonight. I can't deal with a Yankees-Dodgers World Series.

[Frayed Knot]

Not all that comforting to realize that THIS* Cleveland team has now lost five consecutive put-away games; they were up 3-1 in last year's WS and now 2-0 in this series.
That 22 game winning streak doesn't count for anything right now.



* as opposed to stats you often hear quoted where the talking suit tells you about how franchise A fared against B in a series that took place during the freakin' Great Depression as if those games are somehow relevant to the current matchup

[Guest cooby]

Another 5 am day for me tomorrow but pleeeese Indians win!

[ashie62]

It turned out that Didi Gregorious is an MLB talent.

3-0 MFY's

[MFS62]

Didi is the second greatest shortstop the MFYs have ever had, right behind A-Rod.

Later

[ashie62]

Goodbye Kluber.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Yankee DNA for as long back as we all can remember has been cited on FS1!

All bow, and remove your caps.

[Guest 41Forever]

This is not going well.

[Frayed Knot]

Going a little better now.

[Frayed Knot]

If Cleveland bats are going to do this they're going to have to do it against the back of the Yanqui bullpen including Mr. Chapman.

[Chad ochoseis]

The Indians got to Chapman last year. It was just that the Cubs got to, uh, Tomlin, I think, more.

[Frayed Knot]

He's throwing hard in the pen now ... looks like Girardi will go to him in an attempt to get the final six outs.
No way Betances is seeing this game and of course this being AL ball there are no PH circumstances to take into account.

[Chad ochoseis]

26 total strikeouts this game so far.

Do it, Joe. Ride that horse to oblivion.

[Chad ochoseis]

I love this move. Heading over to the local bar so I can actually watch the comeback.

[Frayed Knot]

Two months ago Chapman look totally lost to the point where he temporarily lost his closer's job.
Been real good since then though.

[Frayed Knot]

Hey Lindor, that one stunning Grand Slam aside, they needed a lot more out of you in this series.
Ditto Kipnis.

[Frayed Knot]

3-4-5 in the seriously, I just used a racist word when I really meant "Guardians"' order next inning: Ramirez, Encarnacion, Santana, Jackson, Bruce

[Guest d'Kong76]

I have to sign off, I'm not gonna watch the celebration...

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Gardner REALLY working Allen here in the 9th.