10/25 World Series Game 1: Cubs (Lester) vs Indians (Kluber) 7 p.m., FOX

[NotSoSober]

Congrats LArry Vanover, you'll win a new Chevrolet Colorado for WS MVP

[Ski]

Whelp. Not our best effort this season.

[raw]

Those pitches aren't horsefeathering strikes!!!!!!

[weis21]

Geez, Miller can literally be coming in at any point

at this point i would welcome it and hope he's just off for once

[chuckywang]

Pete Rose: Schwarber will strike out 3 times tonight

 

Wanna bet?

[Rex Buckingham]

At no point was strike 3 to Coghlan over the plate

[JudasIscariotTheBird]

Coghlan not earning a 2nd start here.

Cogs is not the issue, dude.

[raw]

Cogs....You had your AB's for the series. Now go horsefeathers off

 

Agreed. He should have totally done something with 2 pitches that were out of the zone that he correctly took.

[OleMissCub]

Ya know, I'm not even that upset about this game. I was on the dang floor throughout the NLCS I was so stressed out. I guess I'm just glad to be here. I'm not going to lose sleep if we lose this game like I did with NLCS games.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

who do I have to bribe to cut Smoltz's mic

[Tim]

At no point was strike 3 to Coghlan over the plate

Closer than strike 1

[soccer10k]

Brooks has 1 pitch out of the zone for Kluber being called a strike and 2 pitches in the zone that were called balls.

 

Brooks has 1 pitch out of the zone for Lester being called a strike and 3 pitches in the zone that were called balls.

 

And one more for Kluber during the Coghlan AB (the first one) and he's even while Lester is -2.

[USSoccer]

Well whatever win tomorrow and we flip home field and hopefully the guy behind the plate tomorrow knows how to do his job

[Elrhino]

Smoltz "Sure, these pitches are clearly balls, but he's been throwing these balls all night for called strikes!!!"

 

Thanks, Jon.

[Tim]

Brooks has 1 pitch out of the zone for Kluber being called a strike and 2 pitches in the zone that were called balls.

 

Brooks has 1 pitch out of the zone for Lester being called a strike and 3 pitches in the zone that were called balls.

 

And one more for Kluber during the Coghlan AB (the first one) and he's even while Lester is -2.

horsefeathers brooks baseball

[raw]

who do I have to bribe to cut Smoltz's throat

 

FTFY

[Irrelevant Dude]

What is the disconnect between everyone here who hates Smoltz and all the local and national TV/radio hosts who can't praise him enough?

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Brooks has 1 pitch out of the zone for Kluber being called a strike and 2 pitches in the zone that were called balls.

 

Brooks has 1 pitch out of the zone for Lester being called a strike and 3 pitches in the zone that were called balls.

 

And one more for Kluber during the Coghlan AB (the first one) and he's even while Lester is -2.

 

Fox's overhead cam has caught at least 3 Kluber pitches being called strikes when they never touch the plate, and they're only showing that on decisive pitches of an at bat.

[Clem Fandango]

Vanover is literally calling balls and strikes from behind the left handed batters box.

[mul21]

Brooks has 1 pitch out of the zone for Kluber being called a strike and 2 pitches in the zone that were called balls.

 

Brooks has 1 pitch out of the zone for Lester being called a strike and 3 pitches in the zone that were called balls.

 

And one more for Kluber during the Coghlan AB (the first one) and he's even while Lester is -2.

 

You sir, are clearly blind.

[USSoccer]

What is the disconnect between everyone here who hates Smoltz and all the local and national TV/radio hosts who can't praise him enough?

 

Most of those guys are idiots

[soccer10k]

Brooks has 1 pitch out of the zone for Kluber being called a strike and 2 pitches in the zone that were called balls.

 

Brooks has 1 pitch out of the zone for Lester being called a strike and 3 pitches in the zone that were called balls.

 

And one more for Kluber during the Coghlan AB (the first one) and he's even while Lester is -2.

horsefeathers brooks baseball

 

Then go through Gameday. The ump has missed a couple but he hasn't been as bad as most here are making it seem. Kluber's dealing, he's hitting every corner and Lester hasn't been.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Smoltz can please stop rambling any day now

[Old Style]

40-1 odds that he hits the first homer in the series. Tempted to put some money down on that.

 

 

Those odds seem ridiculously high. Prop bets are usually sucker bets because odds are rarely good. That almost seems like a mistake. I would've guessed 10-1 tops. Doubt you can still bet those odds.

 

On ESPN 1000, Tom Waddle just made a $100 bet on that prop.

Just put $50 on it.

So close to $2,000. :banghead:

[Thusly Boned]

What is the disconnect between everyone here who hates Smoltz and all the local and national TV/radio hosts who can't praise him enough?

 

I don't know. Perceived bias aside, his analysis is consistently and objectively poor.