2013 ALCS: Detroit Tigers vs. Boston Red Sox

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?

Sanchez walked six last night; Bevens walked ten.

I bet the game took less than 2:30 too.

So will Peralta continue to be the postseason PED poster boy? Bet there'll be a lot less handwringing than if it had been The Centaur.

There's been no handwringing at all, on TV they mention it in passing as if he missed two months rehabbing an injury.

fp'd clemenza for linking to bleacher report

pitching more like Horst Buchholz, amirite

So the sox don't like hitting the ball anymore, huh?

in-game interviews with coaches is a plague

Rockin' one leg.

so cute how Clay Buccholz tried to join the beard club.

http://open.spotify.com/track/7epXwVw37QDYrA0HWv2iGr

They should just leave him now... why not?

well this game ended in a hurry

a few batters too many

So much anger on that throw, Dustin.

inscherzmountable

lol excellent work Morbs.

well that collapsed pretty quickly

Peddy almost fell down on that swing

Scherzer almost fell down on that pitch.

cabrera hit that one about 410 feet, wrong part of the ballpark

That commercial with the pirate kid is cute.

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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