MLB Playoffs Game Thread

[Derwood]

David Ortiz: "It's all about the city you represent."

 

Actually Big Papi, Washington D.C. is not a city.

What the horsefeathers are you rambling on about?

 

Don't get him started about how Penn State University should be Penn Commonwealth University

[SouthSideRyan]

Tanking doesn't work. 1 title does not equal a dynasty.

 

Gerrit Cole, Stephen Strasburg, and Carlos Correa were all #1 overall picks. Verlander and Bregman were #2's, while Greinke and Rendon were both 6th in their respective years. Max Scherzer and George Springer were #11's (Springer in probably the best draft class of this century), and Trea Turner 13th in his year.

 

The merits of tanking can be debated, but this series does not make the argument you seem to think it does.

 

High draft picks being good doesn't = tanking works. Strasburg was drafted a decade ago, and is on his second contract. Rendon 8 years ago, and under no circumstances does a tanking team draft in the double digits. The Nats are not a tanking success story. Gerrit Cole and Justin Verlander have nothing to do with the Astros tanking.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

I'm glad the Nats won but now I'm even more glad Martinez got ejected in Game 6 because this now exists

 

[Bertz]

Tanking doesn't work. 1 title does not equal a dynasty.

 

Gerrit Cole, Stephen Strasburg, and Carlos Correa were all #1 overall picks. Verlander and Bregman were #2's, while Greinke and Rendon were both 6th in their respective years. Max Scherzer and George Springer were #11's (Springer in probably the best draft class of this century), and Trea Turner 13th in his year.

 

The merits of tanking can be debated, but this series does not make the argument you seem to think it does.

 

High draft picks being good doesn't = tanking works. Strasburg was drafted a decade ago, and is on his second contract. Rendon 8 years ago, and under no circumstances does a tanking team draft in the double digits. The Nats are not a tanking success story. Gerrit Cole and Justin Verlander have nothing to do with the Astros tanking.

 

My point was more that this series dominated by high end picks is a weird place to flex against tanking. That'd be like using this series as evidence of the death of the starting pitcher. There's a real argument to that effect, but here of all places?

 

Also the Nats didn't tank, but the only real distinction is intent. They were set up for a decade primarily because they had back to back #1 picks, giving them not only those two stars' production but the salary space to add Scherzer and others as well. Just because it came via good old fashioned incompetence from Ralph does not mean the Nats are evidence against the tank.

 

2019 finally gave us concrete on the field evidence against tanking with the Phillies and White Sox. That's where the evidence is. And what hilarious evidence it is. Those are the graves to dance on.

[ConstableRabbit]

David Ortiz: "It's all about the city you represent."

 

Actually Big Papi, Washington D.C. is not a city.

What the horsefeathers are you rambling on about?

 

Don't get him started about how Penn State University should be Penn Commonwealth University

Nah that’s not the same. Pennsylvania is also a state.

 

It would have been hilarious to hear Ortiz say

“It’s all about the special federal district you represent.”

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Are you weirdos trying to argue that Washington is not a city inside the District of Columbia?

[Brian]

i was not being serious in my post

 

the actual egregious thing said during that post-game segment, that I originally let slide, was Juan Soto saying his mom was his girlfriend.

[ConstableRabbit]

i was not being serious in my post

 

the actual egregious thing said during that post-game segment, that I originally let slide, was Juan Soto saying his mom was his girlfriend.

Wait WHAT

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[Regular Show]

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