MLB Off-Topic

[Majingir]

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That was my original series pick too.

There's a part of me that thinks the cubs get knocked out too. Seems like teams with the best records in baseball, almost always get dethroned.

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This year(and probably many years in sports) hasn't been kind to top regular season teams.

2016:
Warriors lost in NBA finals after greatest regular season ever
Caps lost in NHL playoffs in rd2 after most wins in franchise history
Panthers almost finished season 16-0, went on to lose in SB

Warriors,Panthers obviously lost to the champs, but the Caps did too. So I guess whoever beats the Cubs in playoffs wins the WS

[Majingir]

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Crazy stat(s) I heard about today
2016 has set mlb record for most strikeouts league wide in history
But the craziest one...
2016 has set mlb record for most players to hit 20+HR! Previous record was set in 1999. This year has like 40 or so more 20+HR hitters than last year alone!

[SPTO]

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My WS pick right now is Cubs/Indians.

[DamnYanks2]

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Crazy stat(s) I heard about today
2016 has set mlb record for most strikeouts league wide in history
But the craziest one...
2016 has set mlb record for most players to hit 20+HR! Previous record was set in 1999. This year has like 40 or so more 20+HR hitters than last year alone!

Yea, I believe it. I imagine this has to be a career year for 2b too. I can't ever remember this many 2bs being such good hitters, and hitting for power.

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[Speedy]

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Crazy stat(s) I heard about today
2016 has set mlb record for most strikeouts league wide in history
But the craziest one...
2016 has set mlb record for most players to hit 20+HR! Previous record was set in 1999. This year has like 40 or so more 20+HR hitters than last year alone!

I'm not surprised.

League has been progressing toward the all or nothing type hitter for some time.

[WaitTilNextYear]

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Just for fun....

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/page/seasonpreview_mlbteampredictions/mlb-team-predictions-2016-season

8/31 people picked Boston to win the division, 10/31 picked Texas, 11/31 picked Cleveland.

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Surprised they did that well considering it's ESPN.

Red Sox v. Cubs please

Any AL team other than Boston please.

This year(and probably many years in sports) hasn't been kind to top regular season teams.

2016:
Warriors lost in NBA finals after greatest regular season ever
Caps lost in NHL playoffs in rd2 after most wins in franchise history
Panthers almost finished season 16-0, went on to lose in SB

Warriors,Panthers obviously lost to the champs, but the Caps did too. So I guess whoever beats the Cubs in playoffs wins the WS

A Blue Jays fan can hope, eh?

Having the best record didn't hurt the 1998 Yankees any. Or the 90s Chicago Bulls. Probably a counterpoint example for each point you're making.

[TheMatrix31]

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I don't give a **** what a team makes me do if they have the tradition and history that the New York Yankees do.

There's a brand image and it's the image of the most successful franchise in sports. If people don't like that image, they can play somewhere else.

And to clarify, I don't care much for the facial hair rule as a rule. I have a funny story about fighting "against the man" on this rule that we also had at my high school (for non-seniors) but I'm not quite sure I can/should say it on OS.

[WaitTilNextYear]

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The Cubs won #101 earlier tonight, which means they've won more games than any Cubs squad since 1910. Their .670 winning percentage is the best since 1909 when they won 104 games and still finished 6.5 games behind Honus Wagner's Pirates in the NL. Speaking of the 1910 and 1909 teams, there is still one thing the Cubs haven't done since 1908..

The 1910 Cubs team included the fabled Tinker-Evers-Chance combo and Mordecai 3-Finger Brown. Also Frank Schulte and King Cole were big contributors to that team. One of my favorite baseball names ever, Orval Overall.

Those Cubs lost to Connie Mack's Phila A's in 5 games that year. Phila had Eddie Collins, Jack Coombs (won 31 games with a 1.30 ERA, not bad), and Chief Bender. Their best name was, of course, Home Run Baker.

They don't name 'em like they used to.

[DrJones]

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Having the best record didn't hurt the 1998 Yankees any. Or the 90s Chicago Bulls. Probably a counterpoint example for each point you're making.

Having the best record doesn't particularly help, either.
World Series Champions since the Wild Card was introduced:

1995: Braves (2nd best regular season record)
1996: Yankees (3rd)
1997: Marlins (4th)*
1998: Yankees (1st)
1999: Yankees (3rd)
2000: Yankees (9th)
2001: Diamondbacks (6th)
2002: Angels (4th)*
2003: Marlins (7th)*
2004: Red Sox (3rd)*
2005: White Sox (2nd)
2006: Cardinals (13th)
2007: Red Sox (1st)
2008: Phillies (5th)
2009: Yankees (1st)
2010: Giants (5th)
2011: Cardinals (9th)
2012: Giants (4th)
2013: Red Sox (1st)
2014: Giants (10th)*
2015: Royals (4th)

*indicates Wild Card

[slickdtc]

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How are you guys making WS predictions when the WC hasn't even been decided?

Have you not learned!

Give me Texas/Washington. The old versus the new.

I have 0 confidence in that actually happening.

[DieHardYankee26]

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If it was changed I wouldn't mind it but so many of the arguments against it fall flat to me. I just don't think it's a big deal, tons of people in many walks of life are told by their employer to abide by hygiene guidelines lol. If every major league team took up the policy it wouldn't bother me one bit honestly, we all have to abide by the rules of our employers, athletes are employees just like the rest of us.

Also SPTO, the Yankees allow mustaches now and are worse off for it, we had the thing a few years ago when everyone was growing mustaches and half our team was probably on watch lists for elementary schools in the area they looked so creepy.

The ticket prices are hilarious, I call it the NY tax. Especially as someone from out of state when I look at Nats games and I can sit on the dugout for $120 in the regular season and that same price gets me next to the foul pole in the Bronx, on a team that's just mediocre no less. Rangers tickets are the same, cheapest tickets when I went up there a few years ago for a Knicks game in the Garden against the Nets were like $70 and Melo wasn't even playing. I respect the fact that things in NY just cost more and the cost of living is higher but they don't convert my money from Virginia bucks to NY dollars when I head up there so everything just hurts lol.

In minor league news, Tebow goes deep on the first pitch in his first at bat. I cant wait to see the reactions to this.

[SPTO]

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Also SPTO, the Yankees allow mustaches now and are worse off for it, we had the thing a few years ago when everyone was growing mustaches and half our team was probably on watch lists for elementary schools in the area they looked so creepy.
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Now that you mention it, I vaguely recall that. Honestly the only two mustachioed Yankees that looked great were Wade Boggs and Don Mattingly. I guess people don't grow mustaches like they used to.

[Jr.]

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In minor league news, Tebow goes deep on the first pitch in his first at bat. I cant wait to see the reactions to this.

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh. If we don't talk about it, it's like it never happened.

[Majingir]

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Someone's getting fired over this...

https://twitter.com/KFCBarstool/status/781136656212590592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

[CMH]

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Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh. If we don't talk about it, it's like it never happened.

ESPN laughs.