9/19 - 10/2 Game Discussion Thread

[SPTO]

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Jays face Porcello, Rodriguez and Price to finish the season.

[Majingir]

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Jays face Porcello, Rodriguez and Price to finish the season.

Jays need to win tonight for sure to take off the pressure heading into Boston. 2 game lead on the O's with 3 games left basically means O's have to sweep Yankees and Jays win nothing vs Red Sox for the O's to get shot at 1st in the WC.

And if Tigers game is cancelled today(and Jays win tonight vs O's,then get swept by Red Sox while O's sweep Yankees) Tigers will need to sweep the Braves and then play 1 vs Indians to settle the WC tiebreaker before them possibly having to play a WC tiebreaker and then the WC game itself. I'm confused just typing up that last part lol.

[redsox4evur]

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That's the most celebration hangover lineup I have ever seen.


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[DrJones]

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That's the most celebration hangover lineup I have ever seen.

Guess you don't remember the Blue Jays' 2-day hangover from last year.

http://www.espn.com/mlb/boxscore?gameId=350930301

http://www.espn.com/mlb/boxscore?gameId=351001101

Good thing home field in the ALCS didn't end up being important or anything!

[Majingir]

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That's the most celebration hangover lineup I have ever seen.


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Surprised that many regulars are still in the lineup. I remember when Jays clinched AL East last year, it was game 1 of a double header,so game 2 they played everyone from Cliff Pennington to Matt Hague to Josh Thole to Jonathan Diaz lol. And that wasn't even the hangover game.


But back to serious talk....What do you expect the lineup to be for the series vs the Jays? Will Red Sox play their regulars for 1,2 or all games of the series? And do they actually want to win the AL, or are they actually looking to finish 2nd to face the Indians instead of the Jays,O's or Tigers(who Red Sox have gone a combined .500 against this year,and are BELOW .500 against all 3 teams at Fenway this year. Something which isn't as good of a sign given that they obviously would have home advantage in ALDS)

[BunnyHardaway]

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Surprised that many regulars are still in the lineup. I remember when Jays clinched AL East last year, it was game 1 of a double header,so game 2 they played everyone from Cliff Pennington to Matt Hague to Josh Thole to Jonathan Diaz lol. And that wasn't even the hangover game.


But back to serious talk....What do you expect the lineup to be for the series vs the Jays? Will Red Sox play their regulars for 1,2 or all games of the series? And do they actually want to win the AL, or are they actually looking to finish 2nd to face the Indians instead of the Jays,O's or Tigers(who Red Sox have gone a combined .500 against this year,and are BELOW .500 against all 3 teams at Fenway this year. Something which isn't as good of a sign given that they obviously would have home advantage in ALDS)

I think these teams owe it to the teams still in the race to not put out a AAAA lineup, but I'm a little biased right now.

[Majingir]

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I think these teams owe it to the teams still in the race to not put out a AAAA lineup, but I'm a little biased right now.

But obviously that won't matter to them at all. It's about resting guys up for the playoffs, and possibly playing for the scenario which is more favorable for them in the ALDS and beyond.

[Sportsforever]

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That's not how it works. Nobody ever makes or misses the playoffs due to a cancelled game.

Don't tell that to the 1972 Boston Red Sox!

[DieHardYankee26]

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They gave Ortiz a book, presented by Ellsbury and David Cone. Then Mo gave him an oil painting of him at the plate tipping his cap to the Yankee Stadium crowd.

Let's play some baseball, this is gross.

[SPTO]

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AH DASH NABBIT! We just had to face "Good Ubaldo" tonight.

Things are getting dicey for my Jays

[BunnyHardaway]

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AH DASH NABBIT! We just had to face "Good Ubaldo" tonight.

Things are getting dicey for my Jays

I can't believe I'm saying this, but he's put the rotation on his back this past month.

[LambertandHam]

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So the Pirates vs Cubs game is canceled due to rain. Won't be made up, and will be considered a tie game. What?

[bcruise]

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So the Pirates vs Cubs game is canceled due to rain. Won't be made up, and will be considered a tie game. What?

I suppose it's because the game was after the 5th inning, which makes it an official game. And since the game means nothing to either team, the decision was made to not finish it.

Still weird to see a tie.

[Majingir]

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3 games left. Tied for WC with 2 teams right behind.....

If they don't make playoffs, this has to be up there in historic Toronto sports collapses, and there's been some big ones.

[Sportsforever]

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It has been an absolute pleasure to watch & listen to this Atlanta squad in the 2nd half. I have hope for 2017 with what we've seen since July!