Author Topic: AL playoff picture (Read 972 times)

moose · « **on:** October 09, 2001, 07:33:00 PM »

As vs. Indians

:-P Yankee and Rip

Mariners just realized regular season means jack in playoffs

funkedup · « **Reply #1 on:** October 09, 2001, 09:13:00 PM »

Let's-Go Oak-land!!!

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Crapgame · « **Reply #2 on:** October 09, 2001, 10:18:00 PM »

Great picture funked...one of the few times I miss the Bay is when my beloved A's are fixin' to open a can of whup bellybutton in the playoffs. Best part of it is that we gonna beat them gawdamnyankees...that's one word in my house..

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Dinger · « **Reply #3 on:** October 09, 2001, 10:27:00 PM »

Yeah, go A's!

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Ripsnort · « **Reply #4 on:** October 10, 2001, 07:50:00 AM »

One game, moose, one game.

YANKEE · « **Reply #5 on:** October 10, 2001, 10:15:00 AM »

GO YANKEES, GO YANKEES, GO YANKEES!!!

My boys know how to turn it up in October.

It'll be Mariners v. Yankees!!!

Moose

Yankee

Nifty · « **Reply #6 on:** October 10, 2001, 11:59:00 AM »

Silly American League... Where over the hill people who can't field can still make millions swinging a bat 3-5 times a game.

funkedup · « **Reply #7 on:** October 10, 2001, 12:06:00 PM »

Wake me next time the NL wins a World Series.

Nifty · « **Reply #8 on:** October 10, 2001, 12:15:00 PM »

wake me when someone other than the Yanks wins the AL.

AKDejaVu · « **Reply #9 on:** October 10, 2001, 12:18:00 PM »

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Mariners just realized regular season means jack in playoffs

Time for the rest of the world to realize that there is a reason that the playoffs are a "series" and not just one game.

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Crapgame · « **Reply #10 on:** October 11, 2001, 12:14:00 AM »

Always love that argument from National League fans...the league that plays on plastic fields in cookie cutter stadiums. The league that allows INCOMPETENT batters to hit. Yes, if the pitchers actually worked at their batting skills I would be all in favor of losing the DH. But most pitchers won't do it and so I would rather watch a decent batter at the plate than a flailing pitcher.

A's take this one in 4 and then it's time to smite Seatle for making our 100+ win season second best..

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Nifty · « **Reply #11 on:** October 11, 2001, 08:58:00 AM »

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The league that allows INCOMPETENT batters to hit.

You mean the league that didn't change the rules of the game to make it easier.

The DH does nothing but remove an aspect of decision making from the manager. You're down 1-0, your guy's pitching great, but you've got runners in scoring position with two out and the #9 batter is up... AL managers don't even have to blink, but NL managers have a huge decision to make.

you want to watch hitters, I want to watch strategy.

Ripsnort · « **Reply #12 on:** October 11, 2001, 09:29:00 AM »

*if* (Big IF) Mariners lose tonight, than I will probably get worried. If not, we'll see!

In an off-topic subject, you know why so many of us are sad to see Cal Ripken go? He represents baseball as a few of us 'older guys' remember it, no free-agency, dedication to one team, and its goals and not to the almighty $$. He represents class, not some smack-talking guy that just hit a homerun off a pitcher and has to look at the pitcher and mouth off. He represents America, what it was, not what it is today. God Bless you Cal, you were the greatest.

funkedup · « **Reply #13 on:** October 11, 2001, 11:20:00 AM »

Nifty, what if the guy is pitching so-so, or your team is trailing by a larger margin? Then it's a no-brainer decision to pinch-hit. On the other hand, the AL manager in that case has a real decision to make. He actually has to decide whether the guy should be taken out or not. His pitching moves are pure strategy, not dictated to him by the batting order. I submit that this case happens vastly more often than the case you describe. And it is a myth that there is more strategy in the NL. Enjoy.

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Nifty · « **Reply #14 on:** October 11, 2001, 01:01:00 PM »

Touché. Though if you're losing by more than a few runs (discounting errors) you should be pulling your pitcher regardless of if you've got runners on with the pitcher coming up to hit (unless your bullpen sucks).

Anyways, it's all personal preference, and my preference is I don't like the DH rule. Your league still changed the rules.