Thongsy
1941
Fox seems to be airing X-Factor right now regardless of time zone since it’s on here in Alaska too. I just want my baseball. Or maybe not if the Giants continue to leave men on base.
Game resumes at 9:05 CDT.
Not gonna lie, feels like the Cardinals stole one there. Cain out-pitched Lohse, Giants out-hit the Cardinals…dunno what to say.
Zuwadza
1945
Probably not the most appropriate place to post this, but definitely not the worst: does anyone here play Out of the Park Baseball? Is there any interest in starting a Qt3/BF OotP online league? I’m pretty hooked on the game and would love to cut my teeth on an online league.
I avoid that because I am pretty sure it would wreck my life.
I would love to…in about 3 months. Work schedule is such that I just won’t have the time until the turn of the year.
Always wanted to give OOTP a shot, but the complexity intimidates me a little. Still, I’d be up for it if a league were to form. Does it have all the players and stats and whatnot?
Zuwadza
1949
I’m not sure if it should be Belt or Crawford. Crawford has been a little more consistent in the playoffs. Either way Posey definitely needs some protection.
OotP can definitely be a bit of a hole. I try to limit my playing time, but it’s one of the worst games imaginable for “just one more turn”.
Zuwadza
1950
It’s fairly complex, but you can control as much or as little as you want. When I first started I let my managers handle pretty much everything. Nowadays I handle pretty much everything except managing the games themselves and even that I do every once and a while.
Players and stats are there, but if I’m doing an online league it will most likely be fictional. I could be convinced to do a real world league, but in general fictional leagues are more entertaining.
Well, it looks like they’re gonna try to play in Detroit. It’s spitting the occasional rainshower here on the west side of Michigan, but nothing significant, and the weather on the east side looks about the same. So they may get the game in, though it’s pretty chilly.
Got the Tigers radio on, after I switched to the “day station”. (Which is odd. Does anyone else have this, where one local radio station gets night games and another gets day games?) Go get 'em, Max!
sluggo
1952
And after Nunez lives up to his rep and makes one of the more comical throws you’ll see in this postseason to give up Detroit’s second run, the Tigers have now jacked out two 2-run HRs to make it 6-0.
I’m not even sure the Yankees have a hit yet, and may go the entire series without scoring a run before the 9th inning.
So…I’m not worried about the Tiger’s bats for this game. 6-0 already. And Max Scherzer hasn’t given up anything. As long as Leyland doesn’t do anything silly like put Benoit or Valverde in, I’m feeling good here.
sluggo
1954
So Leyland pulls Scherzer, and Girardi counters with A-Rod to pinch hit with runners at the corners, who hits a meek fly ball for the third out. And I can only wonder how this A-Rod circus will play out in the offseason.
I heard one of the local sports radio guys talking about a potential deal with the Marlins, but I can’t imagine Miami taking on that insane contract.
And welp, there goes another one, courtesy of AJax. 7-1. Looks like the Royals are about to lose their distinction as being the last team to sweep the Yankees out of the post-season.
And the Tigers are going to the World Series!!!
Done! Phil Coke finished another one off. Man, was he amped up. Thought he was going to strain something coming off the mound after Prince caught that ball. They may have underperformed in the regular season, but the Tigers are hitting on all cylinders now!
The TV guys were saying the last time the Yankees were swept in the post-season was by the Reds, back in '76. Of course, the idiots TBS is using could easily be wrong.
They may have meant a best-of-seven series. When KC swept them in 1980, the ALCS was still a best-of-five affair.
