Elimination Day Number One Game Thread
by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 4, 2011 11:30 AM MDT
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If the Rockies' September has soured you on baseball sufficiently enough to have checked out the past week, you are forgiven. You have missed some good baseball though, and today is your chance to jump back into the fray. Today guarantees excitement, for today, for the first time in the 2011 MLB playoffs, a team faces elimination.
Actually...three teams could be ousted by the time you sleep tonight. In a matter of hours, the season could be over for the Arizona Diamondbacks, Tampa Bay Rays and.....New York Yankees.
ALDS Game 4 - Texas Rangers @ Tampa Bay Rays, 12 MST, TBS
Colby Lewis outdueled David Price and the Rays squandered golden scoring opportunities late in yesterday's Game 3, forcing the Rays to real off two straight against the reigning AL Champions to remain alive. While starting pitching was supposed to be their strength, Tampa has failed to win both games started by their top two pitchers (Price and James Shields). They will throw rookie Jeremy Hellickson (13-10, 2.95, 1.4 fWAR, 4.2 rWAR) against the Rangers' lefty Matt Harrison (14-9, 3.39, 4.2, 4.0) in today's game. Pick: Rays.
NLDS Game 3 - Philadelphia Phillies @ St. Louis Cardinals, 3 MST, TBS
In the lone non-elimination game of the day, the Cardinals will attempt to put the World Series favorites on the brink of elimination. They'll have Jaime Garcia (13-7, 3.56, 3.6, 0.9) on the hill, quite the stud for a Game 3, but the Phillies send out Cole Hamels (14-9, 2.79, 4.9, 5.4). Matt Holliday is still out with tendinitis in his right middle finger - his bat would have been a valuable weapon against the lefty Hamels. Albert Pujols, who has half of the roster's four home runs off Hamels, is hitting just .174 in 24 PA with a negative IsoD against the Philly starter. Pick: Phillies.
ALDS Game 4 - New York Yankees @ Detroit Tigers, 6:30 MST, TBS
The Yankees don't have much of a rotation past C.C. Sabathia, so it was paramount that the Yankees ace delivered a win in this series. He did not, getting thoroughly outpitched last night by the soon-to-be AL Cy Young Award winner, Justin Verlander. That means the Yankees will have to win two consecutive games, with Ivan Nova set to face Doug Fister in an fantastic Game 5 matchup at Yankee Stadium. Oh...but the Yankees have to get there first. To do so, they'll have to win tonight behind A.J. Burnett (11-11, 5.15, 1.5, 1.1), who will be countered with Rick Porcello (14-9, 4.75. 2.7, 1.1). Pick: Tigers.
NLDS Game 3 - Milwaukee Brewers @ Arizona Diamondbacks, 7:30 MST, MLB.tv
Arizona has two solid horses in their rotation. Unfortunately, they lost both games Ian Kennedy and Daniel Hudson started in this series. With their fairy tale season now fully on the brink, Kirk Gibson turns to Josh Collmenter (10-10, 3.38, 2.2, 2.4). The quirky right-hander thrives on deception, which tends to wear down as a team gets longer looks. Milwaukee has indeed faced him twice already, but they managed just 6 hits and didn't score a run in 14 innings. Will they figure him out tonight? The Brewers will march onto the field behind Shawn Marcum (13-7, 3.54, 2.7, 3.3), one of the best pitchers in the league your neighbor has never heard of. Pick: Brewers.
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Go Rangers and Brewers! But especially Tigers!
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Go Tigers and Rays!!!
Brewers and Diamonbacks, you are free to do as you please…
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
In line for seats at the Grand Junction Rockies 2012 home opener
by Junction Rox on Oct 4, 2011 12:49 PM MDT up reply actions
It will be even sweeter than this
I'm pretty disgusted right now!
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 4, 2011 12:55 PM MDT up reply actions
Not going to lie.
After that first game, I started to root for the Rangers to win.
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Oct 4, 2011 5:18 PM MDT up reply actions
Adrian Freaking Beltre
Wow. Rays in a tough spot now.
They're done.
Despite Game 1, their inability to score runs is going to make it hard for them to win series like these. The fact that they won the Wild Card and got two home playoff games is a little miracle. They were’t really supposed to do that this year, especially after the Manny debacle.
Rays are pretty good at scratching across the tying run when they need it
But that insurance run makes this a much tougher hill to climb. We’ll see if Adams has his stuff back today, after a rough outing yesterday.
by Northsider1964 on Oct 4, 2011 2:19 PM MDT up reply actions
So thinking I would enjoy a day of baseball watching, nope.
My cable just decided to go out altogether. And they can’t come look at it until tomorrow. It was fine at 10 am. And at 11:30 it just barfs? I was on the phone disconnecting and reconnecting everything no luck. They can’t tell me why. It just so happens that I’m dogsitting for a neighbor, so I’’m using their internet and will watch some of the games.
I’m glad I can but I hate having to rely on someone else.
/Rant over
Go Tigers, Go Rays go teams I like..
Jason Hammel : Feared Slugger was /2011'd
BigGiantHead of the Ubaldo Lover's Club;OG Thugget Loyalist #4, QPU Emeritus, Proud member PR Gynocracy
Radio guys are going on and on about Joel Peralta reviving his career in Tampa
ARGHHH!
Though Peralta sucking is partly why the Rockies went out and got Betancourt, so I guess it worked out.
Peralta was my fiance's first favorite Rockie
He was filthy here for A short stretch
"Some guy on the net thinks I suck, and he should know - he's got his own blog." - Nick Hornby
"Lex clavatoris designati rescindenda est"
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 4, 2011 2:45 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Yeah I remember him being effective during one stretch
and offering some hope that the pen would come together. But then his – and some others – ERAs went skyward, and O’Dowd had to go get some help.
by Northsider1964 on Oct 4, 2011 3:11 PM MDT up reply actions
He was a huge part of the 21-7 June we had in 09 to get back into it
I'm pretty disgusted right now!
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 4, 2011 8:05 PM MDT up reply actions
Down to just one out
And alas, Dan Johnson is inactive.
by Northsider1964 on Oct 4, 2011 3:12 PM MDT up reply actions
Damn that's really surprising.
Jason Hammel : Feared Slugger was /2011'd
BigGiantHead of the Ubaldo Lover's Club;OG Thugget Loyalist #4, QPU Emeritus, Proud member PR Gynocracy
Meh.
They were 15th in runs scored in the majors. They have a young rotation and a hot-and-cold bullpen.
Texas is just a better team. Now, the better team doesn’t always win, but the Rays luck with such things ran out. As noted, the Rays didn’t really mount a run to catch the Red Sox as much as the Red Sox collapsed. I think that the last three games kind of showed that. The Rays are a bit short of a championship team.
Compared to the Yankees and the Phillies
both are underdogs.
Jason Hammel : Feared Slugger was /2011'd
BigGiantHead of the Ubaldo Lover's Club;OG Thugget Loyalist #4, QPU Emeritus, Proud member PR Gynocracy
As are the Dbacks and Tigers
Jason Hammel : Feared Slugger was /2011'd
BigGiantHead of the Ubaldo Lover's Club;OG Thugget Loyalist #4, QPU Emeritus, Proud member PR Gynocracy
I was referring to the Rays as being the underdog that I was rooting for.
Now I am no longer rooting for them since they have been eliminated
Spell it out is spelled
S-P-E-L-L I-T O-U-T
Get well soon Juan.
To be fair, I read it the same way as Petro.
Jason Hammel : Feared Slugger was /2011'd
BigGiantHead of the Ubaldo Lover's Club;OG Thugget Loyalist #4, QPU Emeritus, Proud member PR Gynocracy
Especially after winning game 1 on the road...
Aside from that, I could have totally believed Rangers in 4 before the series started.
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
In line for seats at the Grand Junction Rockies 2012 home opener
That's what surprised me. I thought after they won that game, they would win the series.
Jason Hammel : Feared Slugger was /2011'd
BigGiantHead of the Ubaldo Lover's Club;OG Thugget Loyalist #4, QPU Emeritus, Proud member PR Gynocracy
well, that's a shame about tampa
keep your heads up boys, at least you kept boston out.
the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox
be happy, because 2012 is coming.
I'm not going to lie - I was confused by the times because they were posted in the Mountain time zone and not Eastern.
Kevin Kouzmanoff:
With OAK: stats/stats/stats
With COL: Irrelevant small sample size
by The Toddfather's Goatee on Oct 4, 2011 5:23 PM MDT reply actions
You're going to have to change your sigline :(
Jason Hammel : Feared Slugger was /2011'd
BigGiantHead of the Ubaldo Lover's Club;OG Thugget Loyalist #4, QPU Emeritus, Proud member PR Gynocracy
Frown face?
I liked the guy, but he didn’t belong on the roster for 2012
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Oct 4, 2011 5:31 PM MDT up reply actions
Are you Toddfather's Goatee?
Jason Hammel : Feared Slugger was /2011'd
BigGiantHead of the Ubaldo Lover's Club;OG Thugget Loyalist #4, QPU Emeritus, Proud member PR Gynocracy
I am Toddfather's Goatee
(I’m thinking along the lines of Spartacus here, for everyone except cat – because I know she read my mind)
Kevin Kouzmanoff:
With OAK: stats/stats/stats
With COL: Irrelevant small sample size
by The Toddfather's Goatee on Oct 4, 2011 9:17 PM MDT up reply actions
at least they got the call right
"There have been only two geniuses in the world. Willie Mays and Willie Shakespeare." ~Tallulah Bankhead
"Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good too." ~Greg, age 8
JFK
AJ Burnett
this is going to be fun
"There have been only two geniuses in the world. Willie Mays and Willie Shakespeare." ~Tallulah Bankhead
"Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good too." ~Greg, age 8
JFK
Go Tigers!
Jason Hammel : Feared Slugger was /2011'd
BigGiantHead of the Ubaldo Lover's Club;OG Thugget Loyalist #4, QPU Emeritus, Proud member PR Gynocracy
Okay so are we in the bottom of the 1st in the Yankee game?
Jason Hammel : Feared Slugger was /2011'd
BigGiantHead of the Ubaldo Lover's Club;OG Thugget Loyalist #4, QPU Emeritus, Proud member PR Gynocracy
Okay thanks
Jason Hammel : Feared Slugger was /2011'd
BigGiantHead of the Ubaldo Lover's Club;OG Thugget Loyalist #4, QPU Emeritus, Proud member PR Gynocracy
You think the Brewers sweep?
Jason Hammel : Feared Slugger was /2011'd
BigGiantHead of the Ubaldo Lover's Club;OG Thugget Loyalist #4, QPU Emeritus, Proud member PR Gynocracy
I feel like I want to call Porcello
“The Mushroom”
Jason Hammel : Feared Slugger was /2011'd
BigGiantHead of the Ubaldo Lover's Club;OG Thugget Loyalist #4, QPU Emeritus, Proud member PR Gynocracy
It's really stupid
but Porcello reminds me of portabella…..
Jason Hammel : Feared Slugger was /2011'd
BigGiantHead of the Ubaldo Lover's Club;OG Thugget Loyalist #4, QPU Emeritus, Proud member PR Gynocracy
And this how my brain works
well far too much of the time :)
Jason Hammel : Feared Slugger was /2011'd
BigGiantHead of the Ubaldo Lover's Club;OG Thugget Loyalist #4, QPU Emeritus, Proud member PR Gynocracy
let's hope he doesn't have a shiitake game...
We're trying to win a (#)(*@$%#)@#&$#)^ argument here!!!!
In line for seats at the Grand Junction Rockies 2012 home opener
by Junction Rox on Oct 4, 2011 7:33 PM MDT up reply actions 2 recs
Well done. As usual.
Jason Hammel : Feared Slugger was /2011'd
BigGiantHead of the Ubaldo Lover's Club;OG Thugget Loyalist #4, QPU Emeritus, Proud member PR Gynocracy
Hey Mr. Mushroom. Stop doing that.
Jason Hammel : Feared Slugger was /2011'd
BigGiantHead of the Ubaldo Lover's Club;OG Thugget Loyalist #4, QPU Emeritus, Proud member PR Gynocracy
Um what?
Jason Hammel : Feared Slugger was /2011'd
BigGiantHead of the Ubaldo Lover's Club;OG Thugget Loyalist #4, QPU Emeritus, Proud member PR Gynocracy
Wooo hooo! HR Martinez!
Jason Hammel : Feared Slugger was /2011'd
BigGiantHead of the Ubaldo Lover's Club;OG Thugget Loyalist #4, QPU Emeritus, Proud member PR Gynocracy
yeah I am.
Jason Hammel : Feared Slugger was /2011'd
BigGiantHead of the Ubaldo Lover's Club;OG Thugget Loyalist #4, QPU Emeritus, Proud member PR Gynocracy
I guess I'll just watch quietly :(
Jason Hammel : Feared Slugger was /2011'd
BigGiantHead of the Ubaldo Lover's Club;OG Thugget Loyalist #4, QPU Emeritus, Proud member PR Gynocracy
I won't post about the game, then. No worries.
@CentralCaliRox
by CentralCaliRox on Oct 4, 2011 8:05 PM MDT up reply actions
Oh I didn't mean it that way. Carry on doing what you like
Jason Hammel : Feared Slugger was /2011'd
BigGiantHead of the Ubaldo Lover's Club;OG Thugget Loyalist #4, QPU Emeritus, Proud member PR Gynocracy
Doesn't bother me
Jason Hammel : Feared Slugger was /2011'd
BigGiantHead of the Ubaldo Lover's Club;OG Thugget Loyalist #4, QPU Emeritus, Proud member PR Gynocracy
28,000 fans in Tampa for the game today.........
No words left, except this: MOVE THE DAMN TEAM.
Carlos Gonzalez has an extraordinary tendency to amplify light through stimulated emission of radiation in frequent bursts.
Shoulder-to-Shoulder for life!
Hollidayrain Music
Build a better ballpark and they will come
Jason Hammel : Feared Slugger was /2011'd
BigGiantHead of the Ubaldo Lover's Club;OG Thugget Loyalist #4, QPU Emeritus, Proud member PR Gynocracy
Not likely
http://espn.go.com/mlb/playoffs/2011/story/_/id/7059990/tampa-bay-rays
Carlos Gonzalez has an extraordinary tendency to amplify light through stimulated emission of radiation in frequent bursts.
Shoulder-to-Shoulder for life!
Hollidayrain Music
Also....we're talking 28,000.
If the game was played in freaking Colorado Springs, they might have been able to do better than that.
28K.
That is humiliating.
With untarped seats….that would fill about 55% of the Trop.
WITH tarped seats, it still left over 6000 empty.
FOR A PLAYOFF GAME. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?!?!!?!?
Carlos Gonzalez has an extraordinary tendency to amplify light through stimulated emission of radiation in frequent bursts.
Shoulder-to-Shoulder for life!
Hollidayrain Music
It's a bad park in a poor location.
Jason Hammel : Feared Slugger was /2011'd
BigGiantHead of the Ubaldo Lover's Club;OG Thugget Loyalist #4, QPU Emeritus, Proud member PR Gynocracy
It's too bad this sailboat stadium was not approved
I'm pretty disgusted right now!
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 4, 2011 8:17 PM MDT up reply actions
View from inside the stadium
I'm pretty disgusted right now!
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 4, 2011 8:19 PM MDT up reply actions
Oh that would have been amazing!
Jason Hammel : Feared Slugger was /2011'd
BigGiantHead of the Ubaldo Lover's Club;OG Thugget Loyalist #4, QPU Emeritus, Proud member PR Gynocracy
Sadly it's 100% dead now
I'm pretty disgusted right now!
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 4, 2011 8:23 PM MDT up reply actions
To where?
I'm pretty disgusted right now!
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 4, 2011 8:13 PM MDT up reply actions
Clearwater :)
Jason Hammel : Feared Slugger was /2011'd
BigGiantHead of the Ubaldo Lover's Club;OG Thugget Loyalist #4, QPU Emeritus, Proud member PR Gynocracy
Unfortunately I think the market is the biggest problem
I'm pretty disgusted right now!
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 4, 2011 8:23 PM MDT up reply actions
I think baseball is done with Montreal
I think San Antonio is better than Tampa but I’m not sure Houston would like that. It would hurt them as it’s only 190 miles away.
I'm pretty disgusted right now!
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 4, 2011 8:31 PM MDT up reply actions
Portland, Charlotte, Salt Lake City or Oklahoma City
There are shortcomings with each of these cities, but they could all sustain a baseball team better than Tampa/St. Pete. Hate to say it.
Carlos Gonzalez has an extraordinary tendency to amplify light through stimulated emission of radiation in frequent bursts.
Shoulder-to-Shoulder for life!
Hollidayrain Music
I like the idea of Portland the best myself
Decent population, and even though it’s close to Seattle, you can market the team as Oregon’s own and draw off the many smaller cities of Salem, Eugene , and Oregon city just to the south that are probably not adding to Mariners attendance. Of course then there’s the whole issue of the Mariners TV money getting eaten into but this is one I like.
I'm pretty disgusted right now!
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 4, 2011 8:52 PM MDT up reply actions
Stupid Jeter
Jason Hammel : Feared Slugger was /2011'd
BigGiantHead of the Ubaldo Lover's Club;OG Thugget Loyalist #4, QPU Emeritus, Proud member PR Gynocracy
Don't worry
He’s still an embarrassment to the position defensively
I'm pretty disgusted right now!
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 4, 2011 8:32 PM MDT up reply actions
Stupid Granderson
Jason Hammel : Feared Slugger was /2011'd
BigGiantHead of the Ubaldo Lover's Club;OG Thugget Loyalist #4, QPU Emeritus, Proud member PR Gynocracy
Dbacks lead 3-1
Jason Hammel : Feared Slugger was /2011'd
BigGiantHead of the Ubaldo Lover's Club;OG Thugget Loyalist #4, QPU Emeritus, Proud member PR Gynocracy
Haha, Upton out at the plate
Jason Hammel : Feared Slugger was /2011'd
BigGiantHead of the Ubaldo Lover's Club;OG Thugget Loyalist #4, QPU Emeritus, Proud member PR Gynocracy
Only one run for the Tigers
This is so disappointing
I'm pretty disgusted right now!
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 4, 2011 8:54 PM MDT reply actions
yes it is...
Jason Hammel : Feared Slugger was /2011'd
BigGiantHead of the Ubaldo Lover's Club;OG Thugget Loyalist #4, QPU Emeritus, Proud member PR Gynocracy
if by disappointing you mean awesome
the only organization of humans responsible for more evil in the universe than the philadelphia phillies is the boston red sox
be happy, because 2012 is coming.
I don't think a single team I'm cheering for will win today.
Feels like the regular season or something. Bah.
"Are they called the Rockies because they rock?" - 7 y.o.
likewise
"Some guy on the net thinks I suck, and he should know - he's got his own blog." - Nick Hornby
"Lex clavatoris designati rescindenda est"
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 4, 2011 9:39 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
looks like the only game I got right was the Phillies
Go me
"Some guy on the net thinks I suck, and he should know - he's got his own blog." - Nick Hornby
"Lex clavatoris designati rescindenda est"
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 4, 2011 9:39 PM MDT via mobile reply actions
Looks like Arizona is going to win this one
"There have been only two geniuses in the world. Willie Mays and Willie Shakespeare." ~Tallulah Bankhead
"Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good too." ~Greg, age 8
JFK
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