Open Playoffs Thread
by Grant Brisbee on Oct 1, 2008 9:39 AM PDT
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PrintPredicition time!
Division Series
Milwaukee over Philadelphia in five
Cubs over Dodger in three, because I say so
Boston over Angels in five
Rays over White Sox in four
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LCS
Milwaukee over Cubs in six
Boston over Rays in five
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World Series
Milwaukee over Boston in seven, with Ray Durham hitting the go-ahead home run. Again, because I say so. Also, Bud Selig's flights are cancelled for the entire week of the Series, so he doesn't make any of the games or celebrations.
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Division Series
Milwaukee over Philadelphia in four
Cubs over Dodger in seven
Angels over Boston in five
Rays over White Sox in four
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LCS
Cubs over Milwaukee in seven
Rays over Angels in six
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World Series
Cubs over Rays in 6, and the town of San Francisco lights a torch in honor of having the second longest WS drought. Then, a celebration follows in remembrance that the Cubbies won without Dusty.
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
Cubs over Dodger in seven
Isn’t that a minor improbability?
"He called the sh** POOP!" -- Adam Sandler
I think he means innings.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Oct 1, 2008 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions
good lord
my mind is mush from work. apparently I was thinking it was a 7 game series. we’ll go with Cubbies in 5 then.
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Oct 1, 2008 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions
Wouldn't that be something?
Cubs are up 3-2 after the 7th inning.
Suddenly a meteor crashes down on the Dodgers dugout, killing every Dodger instantly!
Cubs move on to the second round.
"He called the sh** POOP!" -- Adam Sandler
Yeah
Which is why, after the Cubs win, our drought will be the second-longest.
Trent Kline: Decentish. Also, my website is called ChatterBalks Dot Com. It's not being updated right now. Hope for more at your own risk.
You must be a big believer in Yovani Gallardo.
Travis Denker can hit a little. That's why I drive his bus. Not much about baseball here .
my predictions vs. what I want
Predictions
Cubs over Dodgers in 5
Phillies over Brewers in 5
Red Sox over Angels in 4
Rays over White Sox in 5
Phillies over Cubs in 6
Red Sox over Rays in 6
Red Sox over Phillies in 5
What I want to happen
Cubs over Dodgers in 3
Brewers over Phillies in 4
Red Sox over Angels in 4
Rays over White Sox in 5
Brewers over Cubs in 6
Rays over Sox in 6
Brewers over Rays in 7
Brewers over Phillies in 5
Cubs over Dodgers in 4
Red Sox over Angels in 4
White Sox over Rays in 5
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White Sox over Red Sox in 7
Cubs over Brewers in 6
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Cubs over White Sox in 7 (after AJ Pierzynski is suspended for Game 7 for getting punched in the face by Geovany Soto)
No, my Crazy Crab bobblehead is not for sale.
Brewers over Phillies in 4
Cubs over Dodgers in 3
Angels over Red Sox in 5
Rays over White Sox in 4
Rays over Angels in 6
Brewers over Cubs in 7
Brewers over Rays in 7
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Go Milwaukee Ray Durhams and Philadelphia Pedro Felizes.
F*CK the Los Angeles Jeff Kents and the Chicago A.J. Pierzynksis
Brad Hennessey: the next Kevin Correia
Kevin Correia: the next Brad Hennessey
My Predictions
Cubs over Dodgers Pinnella will pitch around Manny and advance.
Millwaukee over Philly Sabathia is the key.
Rays over CWS Rays record at home in sell outs is fantastic.
Angels over Red Sox Best matchup of the playoffs. Beckett banged up. Angels have the edge.
ALCS
Cubs over Millwaukee Cubs get their chance to erase 100 years of no WS championships. Black cats and goats stay away. Bartman throws out first pitch of the WS. Nah has to be Ernie Banks Mr. Cub lets play two.
Angels over Rays Two much for Rays with K Rod and the best coach. Experience wins in the playoffs. Where is that damn rally monkey at?
World Series
Cubs over Angels They win it all. Why? This just in that bar owners around Wrigley have agreed to not sell alcohol after the 7th inning on clinch games for the Cubs (True). Homeless around Wrigley make a killing on cans and bottles on the streets from the many who BYOB. Bartman is let off the hook and comes out of hiding. Give that man a beer.
Sports are man's last refuge from the insanity of life.
by TakeAGiantStepNGo on Oct 1, 2008 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions
Keep shooting that damn monkey!
Sooner or later it will not get back up. And I will feel very happy. Not as happy as a Cubs sweep would make me. Yet still very happy.
Ivan Ochoa - Heir to the legacy of Rob Andrews & Rikkert Faneyte!
Something that was cancelled in 2002
Sergio Romo will gladly hand you a bench to sit on / GIANTSPACE™ / Adopted brother of the AnVil
by SoFa King Mike on Oct 1, 2008 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions
what
is this “2002” of which you speak?
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Oct 1, 2008 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions
A type of BMW?
Sergio Romo will gladly hand you a bench to sit on / GIANTSPACE™ / Adopted brother of the AnVil
by SoFa King Mike on Oct 1, 2008 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions
It will not happen this way because I am predicting it this way
Rays over White Sox in 5
Angels over Red Sox in 4
Cubs over Dodgers in 5
Phillies over Brewers in 3
Phillies over Cubs in 6
Rays over Angels in 5
Phillies over Rays in 6
Trent Kline: Decentish. Also, my website is called ChatterBalks Dot Com. It's not being updated right now. Hope for more at your own risk.
Dodgers over the Cubs in 4 for two reasons 1) so we can laugh when it isn’t the cubs year… again 2) so a team in the NL west makes it farther than both “the best team in the playoffs” and every team from the NL east.
Brewers over phils in 5
Rays over the White Sox in 3
Red Sox and Angels somehow both lose this series, teams are dismantled from top to bottom, never to be heard of again
Brewers over the Dodgers in 2 Dodgers so thouroughly defeated in the first two games that they forfeit the rest of the series. CC sees how pathetic and impotent the Dodgers really are and decides that he will not be signing with them in the off season.
Rays get bye into the series
And… Who cares, no one will watch a world series featuring the brewers and the rays
That’s one of the few matchups I’d be interested in, actually.
Trent Kline: Decentish. Also, my website is called ChatterBalks Dot Com. It's not being updated right now. Hope for more at your own risk.
I could actually see the Dodgers beat the Cubs in the Division Series, considering that the Cubs pitching is really sketchy right now.
But I couldn’t bring myself to pick the Dodgers.
Trent Kline: Decentish. Also, my website is called ChatterBalks Dot Com. It's not being updated right now. Hope for more at your own risk.
From my bleg:
Rays over White Sox in 5
Red Sox over Angels in 5
Cubs over Dodgers in 5
Phillies over Brewers in 4
Cubs over Phillies in 5.
Red Sox over Rays in 7.
Cubs in 7.
First round reasoning is on my bleg.
Hey, Xanthan gets to do it.
Travis Denker can hit a little. That's why I drive his bus. Not much about baseball here .
Brewers defence FTL
Travis Denker can hit a little. That's why I drive his bus. Not much about baseball here .
Ugh
An error and a two-out double. It’s like watching the Giants.
"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 1, 2008 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Going crazy here
NLDS:
Milwaukee over Philadelphia in four
Cubs over Dodgers in four
ALDS:
Angels over Boston in five
Rays over White Sox in four
NLCS:
Cubs over Milwaukee in seven
Angels over Rays in seven
World Series:
Cubs over Angels in five
"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 1, 2008 12:48 PM PDT reply actions
Lidge’s return to the playoffs next inning should be interesting.
Travis Denker can hit a little. That's why I drive his bus. Not much about baseball here .
has he already?
He did come back from sucking a lot.
Travis Denker can hit a little. That's why I drive his bus. Not much about baseball here .
He was awful 2 years ago, but pretty decent last year. The more I think about it, I can’t really think of any good comebacks for the NL this year. So maybe he won by default.
I think it was Neyer who suggested Ricky Nolasco. I can’t think of anyone better.
Proud member of the Adopt-a-Giant program (Aaron Rowand)
Anyone else watching the game on the TBS “Hot Corner” at MLB.com? It’s kind of disorienting. The 3rd base camera angle keeps zooming in and out when there are runners aboard.
Also, I thought my Gameday Audio subscription for 2008 covered the playoffs and World Series as well, but apparently it does not. Eff you, Bud Selig!
No, my Crazy Crab bobblehead is not for sale.
Former Giant watch: Feliz is up to six men left on base, four of them in scoring position.
You can take the guy out of the Giants, but you can never take the Giants out of the guy.
Proud member of the Adopt-a-Giant program (Aaron Rowand)
Ray gets the Brewers comeback started.
by rightcenterfielder on Oct 1, 2008 2:34 PM PDT reply actions
where’s the Ray-Phoenix?
Travis Denker can hit a little. That's why I drive his bus. Not much about baseball here .
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
there we go.
Travis Denker can hit a little. That's why I drive his bus. Not much about baseball here .
24 pitches, one out so far. This feels like a Brian Wilson save.
No, my Crazy Crab bobblehead is not for sale.
stupid Corey Hart.
Travis Denker can hit a little. That's why I drive his bus. Not much about baseball here .
Yep
It is like cheering for the Giants.
"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 1, 2008 2:49 PM PDT reply actions
Brewers have no margin for error.
Now they will be counting on Dave Bush to win a game.
Travis Denker can hit a little. That's why I drive his bus. Not much about baseball here .
GO CUBS
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
IAWTC
"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 1, 2008 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions
SUCK IT ETHIER
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Who are these play-by-play guys?
They project a distinct lack of credibility.
No, wait. Indeed, I haven’t accidently tuned into the VEEP debate.
Travis Denker can hit a little. That's why I drive his bus. Not much about baseball here .
MST3K should release a version
Travis Denker can hit a little. That's why I drive his bus. Not much about baseball here .
What's the difference between Jeff Kent and a hockey mom?
Lipstick.
Anagram of "Giants pitcher Matt Cain" = TRAGIC MAN, ISN'T PATHETIC
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Oct 1, 2008 5:06 PM PDT up reply actions
it’s funny to use that line to answer any “what’s the difference between” joke.
Travis Denker can hit a little. That's why I drive his bus. Not much about baseball here .
I was wondering when Ryan Dempster would remember that he’s Ryan Dempster.
Travis Denker can hit a little. That's why I drive his bus. Not much about baseball here .
Suck it, Dodger’s catcher.
Travis Denker can hit a little. That's why I drive his bus. Not much about baseball here .
Boo Soto!
Bocock should be Rookie of the Year instead!
/whispers
Marshall
Travis Denker can hit a little. That's why I drive his bus. Not much about baseball here .
We did ok against the Dodgers. Ergo, we are better than the Cubs.
Travis Denker can hit a little. That's why I drive his bus. Not much about baseball here .
I hope Zambrano is healthy.
Travis Denker can hit a little. That's why I drive his bus. Not much about baseball here .
schadenfreude
Suck it, Wrigleys.
The only thing I hate more than the Dodgers is the Cubs. And the only thing I hate more than the Cubs is the Dodgers. You see my problem.
Cubs: Still sucking.
Travis Denker can hit a little. That's why I drive his bus. Not much about baseball here .
loooooooong out
Travis Denker can hit a little. That's why I drive his bus. Not much about baseball here .
probably Chip
Both have that exaggerated, annoying, professional announcer voice, but Chip actually sounds like he’s somewhat interested in the game.
by rightcenterfielder on Oct 1, 2008 7:07 PM PDT up reply actions
promotion?
That’s a step up from his usual lacrosse and high school football between Raiders games.
That Greg Papa’s going places!
by rightcenterfielder on Oct 1, 2008 7:16 PM PDT up reply actions
you’re rooting for the rally monkeys?
Travis Denker can hit a little. That's why I drive his bus. Not much about baseball here .
Not right now there isn’t!
Recant! Recant!
Travis Denker can hit a little. That's why I drive his bus. Not much about baseball here .
He’s one of the guys I pull for. My sister and his both played on the same team at OSU.
Travis Denker can hit a little. That's why I drive his bus. Not much about baseball here .
Anagram of "Boston Red Sox baseball team"
ANAL SEX DABBLE, BOTTOMS SORE
Anagram of "Giants pitcher Matt Cain" = TRAGIC MAN, ISN'T PATHETIC
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Oct 1, 2008 9:14 PM PDT reply actions
I guess I’m just confused as to why any Giants fan would want the Angels to win. Especially with the quite-real possibility there could be an all-LA World Series.
Yup
The last few years have left me burned out on anything Yankees/Red Sox, so anytime either of them go down, I’m satisfied.
by rightcenterfielder on Oct 1, 2008 10:15 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm not drinking that Kool-Aid.
I do hate the Yankees, but not Boston. I want Boston to spank the Angels.
I just had disturbing flashbacks watching that stupid Rally Monkey
Noonan. Nooooonan!
by Giant Fan in Singapore on Oct 1, 2008 10:17 PM PDT reply actions
F you, Papelbon. F you, Red Sox
Noonan. Nooooonan!
by Giant Fan in Singapore on Oct 1, 2008 10:21 PM PDT reply actions
Wow, that is one ugly jacket
Noonan. Nooooonan!
by Giant Fan in Singapore on Oct 1, 2008 10:22 PM PDT reply actions
I figure you root against the RedSox now. Then you root for the Rays to pummel the Angels. I’m tired of the universe beginning and ending at the border of the north atlantic region of the country – or whatever the geographic designation is for that very small part of the country.
Sports news: The redsux played the wankees, oh and did you hear yankee stadium…blah blah blah….
And in weather today….15 minutes are spent talking about Boston, NYC, and Philly…. to be followed with “and it might rain in California.” Thanks
/ end rant
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