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Hill was awesome. Came up money at exactly the right time for LA. It's only 2-1, and hopefully there's a game 6 and a game 7 in this series, but Chicago is reminding me more and more of the 2001 Mariners; amazing team over the 162 game schedule but not a great match up in the playoffs.
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Yup. Redemption is as easy as your last pitching line. And what a game. Of the 4 remaining teams, only the Cubs will be considered huge disappointments if they miss the series. That said, the Dodgers pitching staff looks mighty shaky after Kershaw.
Tied up 1-1 going into Dodgers stadium, I like the Cubs' chances a lot with Arietta on the hill.
Game 5 Nats-Dodgers has to be one of the best games I've seen in a long, long time. The tension level from the Werth gun-down in the bottom of the 6th onward til the end of the game...it just never let up. Sure, some games go extra innings, but this one was on a knife's edge every at bat. Lots of dudes on both teams (but mainly the Nats) are going to be re-living what coulda/woulda/shoulda for a long time this off-season. Including Dusty.
And Murphy vs Kershaw in the bottom of the ninth was solid gold.
Can't say I'm a fan of either of these teams, but what a game! I hope the Dodgers have something left in the tank when they take the field in Chicago.
Scary. Harkens back to the days of feudalism.
Voter fraud in America? This is a dog bites man story if ever I saw one.
Here's my view: this presidential race is the worst in my lifetime, far and away. Both candidates have major, major flaws and their repugnance is reflected in the unhappiness of the American voter. HRC will win the election not on her own political and personal appeal to America, but because Trump is politically and personally toxic.
Don't you find it ironic that Trump (rightfully) slams Clinton as a beholden insider when Trump himself is the ultimate insider in the corrupt American capitalist system: a person born with a platinum spoon who never has had to do a days work in his life, who took full advantage of all the laws the rich elite enacted to protect their own wealth and who has absolutely no idea what life on Main Street is like for most of us? I'm gobsmacked that so many white American men think that Trump is one of theirs.
IMO, looking deeper, both candidates are products of a rotten economic/political system which has neither the will nor the legal wherewithal to fix itself: it's like asking a drunk to mind the bar. I was disappointed that HRC was ushered into the nomination for the democrats and equally disappointed that out of the massive field of republicans, Trump was the best they could muster.
Regardless of the outcome of this election, I fear for the future of the country. We've lost our way and our say. Getting it back will take more than the ballot box.
The middle of the road is all of the usable surface. The extremes, right and left, are in the gutters. Dwight David Eisenhower
I don't think he can make it though.
Too much opposition.
Dems
Establishment Republicans
Illegal Aliens
Dead people
Better add "women" to that list too.
Yup. Pitching and defense are supreme in the playoffs and Texas had neither. The cracks in the rotation could be seen as early as late August, when Hamels started getting rocked consistently and only the most diehard ostrich Rangers fans refused to acknowledge there might be a dead arm problem. And let's face it: while there is precedent for a mediocre batter stepping up huge in the post season, it's incredibly rare that a mediocre pitcher comes up huge.
This Rangers team reminds me of the 2014 Angels. Best record in the league, fodder in the playoffs. Gonna be a long plane ride back to Texas.
I hear you brother. Your boys ran into those MLB juggernauts known as the Braves and Phillies in September and we all know what happens there....
As for the injuries, it sucks for sure. In an ideal world, all teams would have a fully healthy roster and the best team would win in the end. This is a fantasy however. The teams that come out on top are those which make do when the hard times hit, ie, the Rangers, the Dodgers, the Nats.
Hard times in Met-land this season to be sure, but as a long suffering Brewers fan, all I can say is cry me a river. Your front office sucks, the Met's late season deals suck and in spite of all the injuries, you still have a legitimate shot at becoming cannon fodder for the Cubs. It could always be worse.
Montero's up....5 earned in 3.1 innings....time to put the call in to Seaver's agent...
Congrats to all Rangers fans on another fantastic season. The front office really made the right moves again to get them over the hump. They look poised for a deep playoff run. Should be a great AL championship series with the Red Sox.
IRT has been a strong choice for me this year as well. I'm also into VER, which is approaching investment grade under new CEO Glenn Rufrano.
Slowly the American Realty Capital accounting crooks are being rounded up, helping VER move on. Yield's about 5.5% and it trades better than 5 million shares a day.
On the up side, looks like the Metties won't lose any ground to the Cards or Giants. The NL wild card looks more and more like a competition to see who can lose the least during the stretch.
So much for the Mets easy schedule to close the season! What a finish.
Your centerfielder lets one drop in...your reliever walks in a huge one...I guess next time the Braves runner could trip on the way to the plate and the Braves batter could swing away at some garbage....
You lose games like that in September, you deserve to go home.
The Braves? Tick anyone off? IMO, if you can't beat a team of the Braves's quality in your home park in the 3rd week of September with a playoff berth on the line, you don't deserve to play in October.
Yup, Sox peaking at just the right time...looking to close out that division and get their starters a rest before the playoffs. Their offense is second to none; it's hard to see them losing to anyone in the AL IMO.
This will be my last post here on the topic as I think value1008 was right when he suggested that we stick to stock talk.
So we were discussing the media and I mentioned a lack of in depth investigative journalism being responsible for the uninformed opinions of many people...and you post a YouTube link that purports that Hillary Clinton has a body double who has appeared in her place since her 9-11 collapse.... Wow.
I can honestly answer your question, "Do you feel safer?"
Please tell me that you don't own a gun...that alone would make me feel a lot safer!
You're just proving my point here about the lack of investigative depth in our news analysis: asking me if I feel safer after a bombing is about as insightful as asking me if I feel wetter when it's raining.
Sadly it has become the case today that restating the obvious to bolster one's belief is the status quo of news and reporting in the main stream media today.
Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not after you....I guess...
That is why if Hillary wins her goal is to shut down opposition media. Breitbart, Drudge etc. will be shut down if she wins. She has already said so. Link please?
Come on. All of what you said here could easily be written and substantiated by wingnuts on both ends of the political spectrum. There's plenty of "evidence" to go around. Do you really think that people, in general, investigate various media sources, mainstream or otherwise, to evaluate and give shape to their open-minded political opinions?
People read and spew back whatever corroborates their already deeply rooted beliefs. And these days what they "read" is usually no more than a sound bite that some media chimp has deemed important. Or if folks are feeling deeply inquisitive, maybe they'll dig deep and read 1-2 paragraphs. Then it's on to the next 30 second clip....
Yup. Can't believe Bochy is still trotting Casilla out there with the game on the line. Worse than Byung-hyun Kim in the 2001 series.
Saw some funky stuff at Friday's close on a lot of stocks. Spiking up or down in final minutes. Anyone know what that was?
Probably just Wade re balancing his portfolio!
Grandy coming through in the 'what have you done for me lately" category again! The dude sure knows how to make up for a mediocre season! Looks like the Cards will get swept in SF...a real psychological blow this late in the season.
Some great races for Cy Young and MVP in both leagues. None of the 4 awards seems clear cut at this point. If I were voting today:
NL MVP: Murphy, Nats
AL MVP: Beltre, Rangers
NL Cy: Lester, Cubs
AL CY: Britton, Orioles
I suspect Porcello will get the nod in the AL, and winning 20 is no small achievement, but the Red Sox offense has allowed him to win 20 while not being overly dominant for any stretch of time this season. Happ has had a very similar year in Toronto for the same reason.
Hamels stinks it up again. Can't blame this one on the sizzling line up he was facing.
This is the time of year when you're looking for your ace to hit on all cylinders, ie, Lester, not start showing signs of a dead arm.
If you're not worried about Hamels' arm, you should be. Yes, the Rangers have a mighty line-up, but the Jays and Red Sox can hit with them 1-9. AL winner will come down to who executes on the mound. For the Rangers, that means Hamels.
Gotta hand it to the Mets- they've lit it up lately, just as you forecast, and it does indeed look like a WC berth is a' comin'. I guess someone has to lose the WC game....might as well be the Mets.
I can't see anyone taking the NL except the Cubs- they're the only NL playoff team with a rock solid rotation going into October.
The AL looks much more interesting as between the Rangers, Red Sox and Tribe, the starters in Cleveland look better 1-4, but if Hamels pulls his head out, the way Yu has been groovin', Texas could romp.
What's up with Cole Hamels? He's been getting shelled worse than a Syrian village. You Rangers fans better hope he gets it straightened out quick smart if you want to go deep into the playoffs.
Mets could have picked up Carlos Gomez for nada...the same dude they were going to deal Wheeler for one year ago.
Could be worse; Rangers could have gone for Bruce instead!
I betcha it's got nothing to do with age- most likely just a simple case of the Yanks finding a suitable new job for Arod.
Big call. The tribe looks pretty solid, especially the pen. It's always an adventure with Rodriquez in the 9th in Motown.
While we're pouring salt into the wounds of Mets fans, how's your analysis of the Beltran/Granderson contracts holding up these days. lol?
I've said it before: 2015 was an exceptional year for the Mets. Not much didn't fall into place for them, TC's management notwithstanding. Expecting the magic 2 seasons in a row was always going to lead to a lot of ifs, except fors and buts.
At one game over .500, even a WC is a pretty optimistic call for the Mets. The way things are going, they might be lucky to finish with a better record than the Phillies.
What blunder the Papelbom signing was for the Nats. Good riddance to a guy who managed to drag down every club house he entered. Let's see who's really desperate for bullpen help down the stretch.
Are you sure they've finished their selling?
Why are you complaining? You got a real nice .500 team there in Flushing, lol.
I think any talk of a retirement tour was squashed when Arod wouldn't renegotiate the 20 million $$ he'll collect in 2017. He can throw his own party- he was always pretty good at that....
CUO. Thanks for that. I see the 2015 full year results are listed as audited. Just curious: when they Pr'ed the q1 results, they were not audited. Is that typical?
TIA
Yup, it's time. Imagine collecting that paycheck for not playing the game. I think the Yanks should send Arod on a minor league tour in 2017. Start with the A leagues and work his way up to AAA if he earns it. How cool would that be...to live in a small American town and see one of the most gifted and flawed baseball players of his generation and all time for that matter. Arod said he wants to contribute...help out the younger players. What better way than to hold court on the greyhound bus for those players just out of high school?
I'd pay money to see Venditte pitch with both arms in a single inning. Maybe the M's are trying to steal a page from the Bill Veeck book on how to get asses in seats and entertain the crowd.