2013 ALCS: Detroit Tigers vs. Boston Red Sox

yeah one of these days teams will learn to stop paying real sums (money/players) for established closers

one of these days

and the red sox are not exempt at all! they kinda just fell into it

catchers covered third all the time in my day.

i watched the first 6 innings with a hetero Red Sox fan from Texas, who said "This game has been v homoerotic"

...and not just bcz Anibal Sanchez is so fucking handsome

uehara was supposed to be a middle reliever lol

was it when the home plate ump was perving on ross's beard xp

Keith Law said in a chat today that anytime you can trade an 'established' closer who has market value, DO IT.

anibal sanchez is a good looking dude

i love this guy

http://cjzero.com/gifs/KojiHugRossALCS5.gif

http://cjzero.com/gifs/KojiHugRossALCS5.gif

well what abt the ass slap Avila got after being crushed at home

also this series is basically Bears vs Twinks; if there are any gay sports bars where they find these hairy uglies hot, the walls are probly covered in come.

koji has so many feels

J0rdan you finally show yourself after 3 months and give us nothing but broken links?

hes a cool dude xp

anibal's story is pretty amazing... threw a no hitter at a super young age and then couldn't stay healthy at all PLUS his infant son gets bit by a mosquito of dengue fever but then he gets healthy and becomes one of the 15 or so best pitchers in baseball

i dunno man, this is the gif https://twitter.com/cjzero/status/391050941769588736

four of five are one run games, nuts series

http://cdn0.sbnation.com/imported_assets/1742911/miggy_pena_cookie2.gif

i haven't looked up the exact number but i believe the tigers have hit into 90 double plays in this series

anibal is sixth in fangraphs WAR for pitchers since 2010 (ahead of david price, hamels, greinke, halladay, wainwright, shields, cain etc). dude is wild underrated.

seems wrong that the game didn't end with prince grounding feebly to second

Morbs is right, these Red Sox are the ugliest playoff team in recent memory (I knew yr hate was about more than MASSHOLES and the payroll).

such haters
much jealous

well my bro-in-law and his family are from MA, I get Bosox/Pats in my FB feed unless I hide em all.

http://joeposnanski.com/joeblogs/the-uehara-phenomenon/

posnanski on koji

A couple of interesting tidbits — at No. 11 on the list in Uehara again in 2011. No. 12 on the list? Pedro. That was 2000, his WHIP was 0.737. And when you consider he threw three times the innings of the rest of these guys, when you consider that his strikeout-to-walk that year was 284-well, it’s no wonder many believe Pedro’s 2000 season was the best season in baseball history.

def the most ive ever enjoyed baseball was watching this era of pedro, only player ive seen who seemed better at baseball was bonds during those years where you had to walk him or hed hit a hr

btw this piece has more on ueharas japanese career and its pretty interesting http://espn.go.com/general/story?storyId=9761870&city=boston&src=desktop

oops http://espn.go.com/boston/mlb/story/_/id/9761870/

I’m now going to give you Uehara’s numbers the rest of the season. Please hold your applause until the end.

Innings pitched: 44 1/3
Hits allowed: 14
Hits allowed (seriously): 14
Come on, how many hits did he allow?: 14
That’s ridiculous: I know.
Runs allowed: 3
Home runs allowed: 1
Strikeouts: 59
Walks: 2
OK stop it right now: 2 walks. Look it up.
Batting average against: .097
On-base percentage: .108
Slugging percentage: .152
WHIP: You sure you’re ready for this?
Say it already: Ask nicely.
WHIP: 0.358

Japan has a rigorous exam system for incoming university students. Uehara did not pass his exam. He spent the next year studying in advance of retaking the test. "It was a very difficult year," he said, "because I had to study all the time."

To make ends meet, he said through Matsumoto, he took the job as a security guard. Baseball? "I wasn't even playing at that point," he said. "My dream was to teach."

But he did read Ryan's "bible," and from it picked up some weight-training techniques that paid off in added strength when he entered Osaka University of Health and Sports Sciences, and returned to playing.

"My college was not really a baseball school," Uehara said, "so the manager told us just choose whatever position you want to play. The last year in high school, I pitched five innings and I thought it was fun. I thought pitching would be fun."

The MLB clip of Iglesias's catch, three different calls. Love the second one from WXYT. Half-second before he catches it: "Iglesias on the run, he won't get there..."

http://wapc.mlb.com/play?content_id=31155161

eh, okay he's fast. i'm still trying to get over this one: http://wapc.mlb.com/play/?content_id=29653669

Fenway fans convinced that routine grounder was gonna score 2

forced to hear BuckCarver tnite

i just realized that i don't have fox??

home plate ump is crazy tonite

Tim YOU SHOULDNT GET PITCHES LIKE THAT BECAUSE THEY ARE BALLS

givin gifts to a pitcher who looks like he played Junkie Mugger in every episode of "Kojak"

update: i have fox

i see we've played a scoreless inning and a half in an hour, good job everyone

blame buchholz

all games are like game seven, pretty much

jonny gomes gives the red sox lineup 'a different look' than it would have with daniel nava, a better hitter, in it

game hasn't been on that long it start an hour ago now. all the other stuff was pre-game.

wow scherz

wowww pedroia missed that by 6 inches

hard to tell how much, maybe a foot

As much as I'd like that to be a HR, this whole delay to review is just stupid

hope avila gets workmens comp

As much as I'd like that to be a HR, this whole delay to review is just stupid

― Moodles, Saturday, October 19, 2013 9:28 PM (4 minutes ago)

it was like 2 minutes. they could just have a replay official in the booth to speed things up i guess

cannot handle buccholz hair in HD

Adam J. Morris ‏@lonestarball 4m
MLB rules require a pitcher, with no one on, to deliver the ball within 12 seconds of receiving it. Buchholz is taking 18-22 seconds.
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man, avila should try catching the ball in his glove instead of with his face, imo