2011 Playoffs Thread

[manbearcub]

Joe Buck just can't wait to get out of there.

[dfnowak]

No news on Theo Espstein: Check

Cardinals win game 5: Check

Brewers win game 5: Check

 

Either the Cardinals or Brewers will be in the WS: Check

 

This has been a nice day. :twisted:

Iowa State loses to Baylor yesterday: check

My fantasy football team is on the verge of losing: check

All I need is the Bears to lose tomorrow night, and I'll have quite the perfect weekend.

[dfnowak]

What's anyone's take on Axford? I'm not overly impressed w/ him, but he continuously gets the job done for the Brewers.

[Magnetic Curses]

@jgoff670

Jason Goff

Kurkjian has asked "How explosive is this team?" to three different Brewers. Ask a real question, or mix it up.

[TruffleShuffle]

wtg brewers. three more and we can all breathe easier.

[Little Slide Rooter]

What's anyone's take on Axford? I'm not overly impressed w/ him, but he continuously gets the job done for the Brewers.

 

So did Dan Kolb and Derick Turnbow for a short time.

[Soul]

I was running treadmill when Braun and Fielder swung the hammer and gave the Crew the lead.

 

OK, I admit it: I shouted for joy, and now all the people in my local gym think I'm a Brewer fan.

[El Duderino]

What's anyone's take on Axford? I'm not overly impressed w/ him, but he continuously gets the job done for the Brewers.

 

So did Dan Kolb and Derick Turnbow for a short time.

 

I'm pretty sure Dan Kolb and Derick Turnbow didn't have Axford's fastball/curve combo.

 

i'd sure as hell take axford over marmol.

[Guest]

I'm pretty sure Dan Kolb and Derick Turnbow didn't have Axford's fastball/curve combo.

 

i'd sure as hell take axford over marmol.

 

Even with the poor year in 2011, I'd still take Marmol over Axford because of Marmol's slider.

[UMFan83]

Anyone watching the ALCS?

 

Tigers just got out of a bases loaded, 0 outs situation in a tie game in the bottom of the 9th.

[XZero771679666304]

Anyone watching the ALCS?

 

Tigers just got out of a bases loaded, 0 outs situation in a tie game in the bottom of the 9th.

 

Yeah, and Ron Washington has made one of the worst sequences of managerial decisions I have seen in a long time.

 

1.Taking Ogando out

2.Having Feliz give an IBB to load the bases right after bringing him in

3.Not pinch running for Beltre

 

The first two didn't come back to bite him (yet), but the third is looking awfully big right now.

[SouthSideRyan]

Has Francona had dip in his mouth the entire game?

 

And are we finally rid of Tim McCarver????

[Guest]

Walkoff grand slam for Nelson Cruz.

[Derwood]

walk off granny? that's pretty sweet

[J.R.]

Crushing loss for Detroit - you just have to cash in a pitching performance like that.

[Guest]

Has Francona had dip in his mouth the entire game?

 

And are we finally rid of Tim McCarver????

 

He had minor heart surgery and Francona is filling in.

[J.R.]

Walkoff grand slam for Nelson Cruz.

 

Buck says it was the first walk-off GS in postseason play - technically, I suppose he's right in that Cruz was actually allowed to walk off.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Slam_Single

[TruffleShuffle]

i'm not convinced that marcum is healthy... his K rate has really dropped off since he suffered some kind of injury (forget what it was) in the second half, and he's been pretty lousy in sept/oct.

[TruffleShuffle]

how is a team with jerry hairston batting 6th in the nlcs?

[Little Slide Rooter]

Maybe we just need to accept that the 2011 Cardinals are the reincarnation of the 2007 Rockies. Maybe I jinxed them by saying that. Maybe I un-jinxed them by saying that. Maybe I re-jinxed them by saying that. Who the hell cares, I don't believe in jinxes.

[Little Slide Rooter]

how is a team with jerry hairston batting 6th in the nlcs?

 

They got where they are by pitching, which seems to have collapsed aside from Gallardo and of course, Braun and Fielder. Even after their red hot August, they're still a sub .500 team on the road, so if Carpenter can outduel Gallardo, this one might not make it to the weekend. [expletive], the Cardinals are going to the World Series with a team including Ryan Theriot, Nick Punto, and a bullpen full of guys I've never heard of aside from 56 year old Arthur Rhodes.

 

[expletive] The Cardinals, The Brewers, The Phillies, and The Braves.

[jersey cubs fan]

how is a team with jerry hairston batting 6th in the nlcs?

 

By having 2 stud hitters, a couple other good ones and surrounded by mostly competent players and a solid pitching staff. It's not like they played all year with him in the 6 hole. Every year teams have a hack or two who have to fill roles late in the postseason.

[bcl412]

All three of the games in this series have been good. I hope Detroit holds on so the series goes pretty deep too.

[Sammy Sofa]

how is a team with jerry hairston batting 6th in the nlcs?

 

They got where they are by pitching, which seems to have collapsed aside from Gallardo and of course, Braun and Fielder. Even after their red hot August, they're still a sub .500 team on the road

 

24-16 road record in the 2nd half, 14-6 in the final 20 road games.

[Guest]

Ton LaRussa was briefly a Cubs in 1973? WTF? Consider me pro-Brewers in this series.