What shocked you the most this season?

[Chrisksaint]

Re: What shocked you the most this season?

Hanley Ramirez, I thought this was finally the year he not only has the proper leadership but he plays the game like he should. That and the whole month of June, how can a team be that bad for a whole month.

Today was pretty shocking, but I watched none of it sadly after the marlins game due to studying/prior engagements

[Clonefan84]

Re: What shocked you the most this season?

As a Rays fan, I'd have to say what shocked me the most this season was EVERYTHING THAT JUST HAPPENED TONIGHT!! I am still, 5 hours after the fact, trying to soak it all on....think about it...

The Rays down 7-0 going into the bottom of the 8th...a perfectly timed rain delay to allow the Red Sox game to end just 3 minutes before the Rays game...a 6 run 8th inning capped off with a LONGO 3 run shot....A HR in the bottom of the 9th with 2 outs and a 2-2 count by Dan Johnson, a guy who was batting .108 for the year, and who hadn't hit a HR since April 8th....Papelbon blowing a save against the worst team in the East with 2 outs and no one on, and to the 8th, 9th, and 1st hitters of the Oriole's lineup, and Carl Crawford the Ray traitor dropped the ball that could've saved the Red Sox, couple that with the fact that at the time it was 2 outs and no one on, the Yankees had runners on 1st and 3rd with no one out in the top of the 12th....then moments after the Papelbon blown save and Tampa's incredible escape from runners on corners with no out, LONGO hits a walk-off HR to propel the Rays to an 8-7 win and the wildcard spot...no publisher would ever accept this script for a book because it's so unreal, and yet it happened!

I found out that MLB.TV could be purchased for viewing today for just $3.99, and boy I jumped on that because I thought it was going to be a great finish to the year. I had the Rays game on my ps3 playing on a 42" plasma TV, and I had the Red Sox game going on my laptop (17.5" HD screen) and had it sitting up close by the TV, and watched them both live from inning 2 on (tuned in just in time to see Teixeira's grand slam to give Yankees 5-0 lead). It was by far the greatest sports experience I've ever had. Thank God for technology!!!

[MachoMyers]

Re: What shocked you the most this season?

Tampa's last game was unbelievable but I will most remember the Braves dismal collapse. Unreal.

[adice15]

Re: What shocked you the most this season?

Obviously the Red Sox blowing a ****ing 9 game lead.

[BRxSKINSx]

Re: What shocked you the most this season?

I'm a Sox fan.....and my brother LOVES the stupid Yankees.... To see the Sox not make the playoffs AGAIN....and have the BIGGEST September collapse, really ticks me off... Now I gotta listen to him talk about this crap...

My son plays T-ball .....im looking forward....no I WAS looking forward to seeing him on the Red Sox...Well, if he's on the Sox, I'll demand a trade...

[TheMatrix31]

Re: What shocked you the most this season?

And by the way, as amazing as last night was, last Friday night was unbelievable in its own right. That was the night with all the clinchings, the Braun HR, the Diamondbacks finish and pool jump, etc.

We've been blessed with unbelievably memorable baseball.

[SPTO]

Re: What shocked you the most this season?

A couple Blue Jays surprises so indulge me here:

1. Kyle Drabek being such a dud this year. I'm really hoping he can turn it around and become something good next year.

2. Erick Thames being such a good presence in the lineup and clubhouse. He's performed very well and I can see a day when he and Lawrie are batting back to back in the lineup producing runs.

3. Henderson Alvarez, don't look at the W-L record but rather look at the other numbers and you'll see that this kid performed very well out of the blue, depending on if the Jays get a starter or two next season Alvarez could be fighting for the #3 starter role next season.

[55]

Re: What shocked you the most this season?

The Rays making the postseason after losing Carl Crawford, Carlos Pena, Matt Garza and their entire bullpen. Not to mention the whole Manny Ramirez debacle, Longoria missing the entire month of April and the fact that they started out at 0-6. Just unbelievable.

And also Carl Crawford's complete and total suckitude in Boston this year.

[bwburke94]

Re: What shocked you the most this season?

Obviously the Red Sox blowing a ****ing 9 game lead.

Nine and a half.

[CabreraMVP]

Re: What shocked you the most this season?

The Rays obviously.

Ellsbury hitting 30 homers

Avila going from .220 to .300 and a .900 OPS

Peralta hitting .300

Carl Crawford being horrible

Al Albuerque going from nobody to striking out 15 per 9 innings

Pirates playing so well until July

Thought the Reds would be better

Max Scherzer regressing big time in the 2nd half

Kimbrel saving 47 games

ADAM DUNN HAHAH I thought he was a lock for 40 homeruns.

Asdrubal Cabrera's first half

[BleacherBum2310]

Re: What shocked you the most this season?

For the Good: Rays, Cards(After Losing Wainright), Ellsbury, Dbacks

Bad: Twins, Crawford, Red Sox

Just What an amazing year in Baseball it's been, and hopefully it just gets better during the Post-Season.

[slickdtc]

Re: What shocked you the most this season?

Just What an amazing year in Baseball it's been, and hopefully it just gets better during the Post-Season.

That's one thing you can count on.

As a Reds fan, Cincy's inability to escape from mediocrity. Nothing worked this year.

[KSUowls]

Re: What shocked you the most this season?

The Rays coming back from 7-0 late in the game against the Yankees to win the wild card after Boston blew their lead away.

But really the answer for me is this.

The Braves blowing an 8.5 game lead in 23 days by:
-Being swept 3 times (including the final series at home)
-Going 7-7 against .500 or worse teams during that stretch
-Losing their final 5 games when winning just 1 would have resulted in a 1 game playoff, and winning 2 of those 5 (an astounding 40% winning percentage!) would have locked up the wild card for them.
-Going 9-18 in the month of September while 15 of those games were against .500 or worse competition.

[TheMatrix31]

Re: What shocked you the most this season?

I don't think I can forgive them for this.

[djep]

Re: What shocked you the most this season?

- Red Sox collapse and, within a few hours according to rumors, the end of Francona's tenure there

- Freddy Garcia

- Joe Mauer