2013 ALCS: Detroit Tigers vs. Boston Red Sox

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why does morbs want me to die

u r not a masshole, sonny

I'm pulling for the Tigers to win but I think with Cabrera hurting and that scary bullpen I don't see them getting past Boston. I'm not so sure Boston isn't the most evenly talented team of the four left, they do the whole game pretty well.

"a splendid old-school matchup"

if nothing else, each sox victory = more lolz at bobby valentine

‏@Buster_ESPN
Miguel Cabrera was killing the ball in batting practice tonight, rockets all over the place.

Uh huh.

last time for Joe Buck and Tim McCarver.

well this and the World Series.

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Joe West up in this bitch.

Sanchez out of a small jam.

Good old Orval, back in the news.

that beard meme is even worse than the #bestfaninbaseball trend

'Anibal Sanchez became just the second pitcher to strike out four batters in one postseason inning'

Really surprised in didn't happen more.

the hell was fielder talking to the plate ump about?

Pull him--no way I'd let him pitch to another batter.

Worked out...I wouldn't have let him stay in there. The something-something's not even an issue, since he won't be there at the end anyway.

He's got the bottom of the order in the next inning.

I don't know how solid Detroit's middle relief is, but I don't think I'd send him out. He looked like he was really laboring those last few batters.

Joe West trollin' HARD tonight.

oh a lefty facing cabrera, this will end well

see?

Not much talk from the Tigers fans who thought Peralta didn't deserve to be in the playoffs.

Avila willingly battered behind the plate all year but won't let a pitch catch his jersey with the bases loaded. Damn reflexes.

"Nooooooooo."

Eight innings, eight balls put in play.

(142 pitches.)

Terrific play.

those are my favorite plays to make in softball

Broken up!!

Nava doing everything he can to save this one

Well, I was getting sick of FOX showing Boston fans instead of the game.

wow, great slide

waited as long as possible to dive

I was going to ask about the two 1-0 games, but Joe Buck answered it before I got the chance.

red sox got a hit yay

Oh I didn't catch that, has it happened before?

Xpost

Would've been ticked about the crowd shots if they hadn't been so hilarious.

WOW

No, first time in the postseason.

First combination (near) no-hitter I've ever watched. I wanted to see it, though I didn't know who exactly I was rooting for.

The biggest story was almost 12 LOB for Tigers, or 1-11 RISP.
Grateful for the rested Peralta.
Thankyou-50-game-suspension!

I was getting sick of FOX showing Boston fans instead of the game.

I think u r confused about what the only national stories in AL ball are, young man

(Stankee fans, Bosawx fans)

3:56 to play 1-0 game = new nadir

322 pitches

According to Pitch F/X, West called five strikes out of the zone for both Sanchez and Lester. The two worst ones were in Lester's favor.

Right near the beginning, you can see Cookie Lavagetto break up Bill Bevans' no-hitter in the ninth:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqDcNRp9gwc

Hmm that's quite the on-field celebration for 1947. Usually they'd just shake hands and run to the dugout after *winning* the WS.

ha that newsreal is delightful

Bleacher Report ranks '47 as the 10th greatest Series ever:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/903479-power-ranking-the-25-greatest-world-series-in-mlb-history/page/17

I'm guessing the on-field hysteria was some combination of the all-NY angle, Robinson's first year, and general post-war euphoria--lots of psychic energy out there. Between Cookie Lavagetto, Al Gionfriddo, DiMaggio, and Berra, was there ever a better Series for Italians?

diamondbacks v yankees was def one of the series i liked best

otm

cosine, total heel bout

[i]Come on, you guys survived Yanks vs Phillies

Watched Game 1, said 'I can't do this,' stopped.

did u forget the phillies winning

Tampa Bay won the pennant, so that was a salve. (I had to look that up, so yes I have sort of forgotten.) Also rain-delay hilarity to make Selig look like an ass.

There'll be lotsa good ballgames on my computer in April, with no freezing.

(actually I think I skipped all of Yanks-Phils, it was 1999 NYY-ATL where I watched one game.)

obv no team's fans/"culture" are currently as awful as Boston's, but root for Cardinal "values" etc no thank you.

no way boston has the best fan culture: beards, getting trashed and yelling shit in a boston accent

whats not to love

can't believe i've been hanging out with so many phils haters, ugh

i know! its like when people say they hate philadelphia sports fans *glances over reading glasses* these people booed santa claus and kobe bryant, they are nothing short of heroic

the only truly loathsome fan culture is the yankees cause thats just all stockbrokers from indiana talking about monument park

Yankee fans go off the grid when they don't win

Nate Silver ‏@fivethirtyeight 11h
My mom just said that the Red Sox look like Andrew Sullivan.

lmao

easy ferry access to provincetown via Boston harbor

sux bear week is right in the middle of the season, fake an injury maybe

i am the same as morbs, i can't watch a sports game without a rooting interest, even if i'm just choosing one at random because i don't care about either team. if the result of the game is gonna piss me off either way why would i waste my time, enough things piss me off already, *pursue a beautiful life*

also i've never had anything against the phillies, they were my dad's team growing up and their fans at least own up to being assholes. and 2001 was a great WS! it ended in jeter crying.

and i usually don't have a problem with the WS bc the cards are the only NL team i really don't like. wld have no problem rooting for any other NL team vs BOS or NYY.

i do like beltran and i love koji, maybe i'll watch some games for them

Rooting for the Red Sox

yeah i like baseball so there's have to be better reasons than "both teams are gross" to not watch the world series. seems like a weird position. i mean, a couple years ago i would have dreaded a lakers/celtics finals, but i still would have watched it

my concerns re sporting events where my fav team isnt playing

1. competitiveness
2. quality of play
3. style of play
10. is teams i dont like in it (does not apply to yankees or lakers who i root hard against which is fun and cool)

can usually find someone to root for even if im not into either team tho

i know there are tons sports fans who feel different, so many super hardcore sox fans wont even watch the playoff if theyre not in it, which always seemed weird to me but hey free country

i mean, i apologize for being annoying, i have nothing against any of u for liking teams i hate

i know someone who is a snotty diehard sports fan who just hates every single team, player or "story" that comes out of espn, the only team i know he roots for is the bills, which means he also hates his own team, and it's tiresome and i just want to tell him "maybe you should just stop watching sports for a while"

i do like beltran and i love koji, maybe i'll watch some games for them

This is how I invent my rooting interest when all else fails, I root for whichever team has the most players I like.

i know someone who is a snotty diehard sports fan who just hates every single team, player or "story" that comes out of espn, the only team i know he roots for is the bills

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lol oh man that is so sad

i would probably never not watch the finals or world series, football i think is a dumb sport but i watch occasionally just because everyone else does, i'd totally skip out on the super bowl if i didn't care about either team but there are always fun parties and food associated with that

the superbowl is our greatest and most important american tradition you nasty bolshevik

tigers: fourth-worst baserunning team of the last 50 years

the very worst team did okay tho

that double play where fielder belly flopped five feet short of third base was so funny and sad what was he doing

he was trying to induce obstruction from bogaerts tbf

by diving on the ground in front of him lol

LOOK AT ME I'M A PLANE

AND THE PLANE BECOMES A METAPHOR FOR MY LIFE

The Ortizes and the Victorinos wear you down:

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/21/cardinals-forgotten-man-shelby-miller-trying-stay-ready/#/2013/10/21/jim-leyland-stepping-down-as-tigers-manager/

(Sorry, missed the Hot Stove posts.)

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