2013 ALCS: Detroit Tigers vs. Boston Red Sox

are dudes camped out in buzzfeeds office making this killer gifs one minute later? i feel like last year we had two days.

Instagifs are a permanent artifact of today's internet culture

Wow

well

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Good night sweet prince

well, that's a bad loss

Leyland shoulda loaded the bases there btw

IBB Ortiz to get to Carp next time IMHO

need gif of kid waving at fielder after the dropped foul pop up

Can't believe how quickly that unravelled for the Tigers.

that game was nuts

thank fuck both of these series aren't 2-0

no, we needed them to both go 2-0 tonight, as God is my witness

a Bos-St Louis rerun, how fucking delightful my boycott of that will be

and I don't wanna hear about any fucking Patriots game, it hasnt got shit to do with this sport

the patriots game was super crazy too

fp

how is bos-st louis rerun worse/better than detroit-st louis rerun

this is october baseball

<3 large father

god bless america

how bout them pats, that game was crazy huh am i right just goes to show how related these 2 sports are

otm

lol post game interview ortiz is making fun of hunter for going over the wall

what were you thinking when the ball went over the wall

*beat* i was just watching tori *grins*

sox win probability was down to ~4%

well, that's a bad loss

Leyland shoulda loaded the bases there btw

― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius)

There were about ten things they should have done, Fielder should have caught that foul ball, Benoit should have come out for the ninth, they should have loaded the bases, it was 20 minutes of staring into the headlights for the Tigers after the GS.

Pretty much.

cant come back from that, outfielder in the bullpen it's all over

fielder should have stopped iglesias' throw

Iglesias shdnt have thrown

that is true, but nevertheless

how is bos-st louis rerun worse/better than detroit-st louis rerun

― J0rdan S., Sunday, October 13, 2013 11:56 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

a det-stl rerun at least provides the opportunity for a team that doesn't make everyone barf out their butts to win the world series

big papi v the whole universe World Series 2013 mark it down

they make me barf out of my mouth tbf

reasonable

even better: http://sports.yahoo.com/news/angry-red-sox-fan-thrown-out-allegedly-ranted-racist-remarks-052825245.html

Visor-wearing racists are the worst.

a det-stl rerun at least provides the opportunity for a team that doesn't make everyone barf out their butts to win the world series

zachylon otm, also at least Det hasn't won the whole thing since '84

The first thing that baffled me last night was the short leash on Veras. He entered with a four-run lead in the eighth, is the "eight inning guy" (or the "seventh inning guy"), threw three pitches. And, of course, I'm not sure why you would want to bring in Benoit with the bases loaded.

That was the one-year anniversary of Valverde's blown save against the Yankees. He entered with a four-run lead.

eighth

Jim Leyland had the option to bring in Phil Coke in that situation to go lefty-on-lefty, and he ascribed his decision to the fact that “Coke hadn’t pitched a big game for quite a while.”

gotta have a guy on the LCS roster for those nonbig games

Jim Leyland had the option to bring in Phil Coke in that situation to go lefty-on-lefty, and he ascribed his decision to the fact that “Coke has sucked against all hitters all year.”

again, why is he on the roster then?

anyone know how many times a slam has resulted in four pitchers being charged with one run apiece?

that is nuts, i don't think a Baseball Ref search will do it

Rob Neyer quotes a long back-and-forth this morning between Dan Plesac and Daryl Hamilton on bringing in Coke. I don't get the MLB Network--maybe you all saw the exchange last night.

http://www.baseballnation.com/2013/10/14/4836042/alcs-game2-red-sox-tigers-jim-leyland-blown-lead-comeback

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how is bos-st louis rerun worse/better than detroit-st louis rerun

― J0rdan S., Sunday, October 13, 2013 11:56 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

a det-stl rerun at least provides the opportunity for a team that doesn't make everyone barf out their butts to win the world series

― ^^ post obviously honoring and supporting Qualcomm (zachlyon), Monday, October 14, 2013 12:17 AM (10 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

the tigers are pretty boring dude

dodgers are probably the most interesting team left

i like the uniforms of all the remaining teams

I mentioned the other day about Verlander's career/post-season stats being very close. Looked at Ortiz this morning, and his slash stats are now almost identical:

Regular Season: .287/.381/.549
Post-Season: .284/.394/.542

Obviously, he sure picks his spots.

I'd tentatively still give Detroit an edge the rest of the way, based on (duh) starting pitching and Cabrera showing signs of life.