AL Wild Card: Tampa Bay Rays vs. Cleveland Indians

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Poll Results

Option	Votes
Rays	9
Indians	5

― Bee OK, Tuesday, 1 October 2013 03:29 (eleven years ago)

i think i want the Indians but this is my least compiling game.

― Bee OK, Tuesday, 1 October 2013 03:30 (eleven years ago)

wow - i had no idea Salazar was doing so well!
maybe i never took him seriously because he sounds like a character from futurama.

― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 1 October 2013 03:53 (eleven years ago)

oh shit - i was looking at his AAA numbers for this year, not ml. still impressive either way.

― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 1 October 2013 03:55 (eleven years ago)

I picked the Indians. Just a feeling.

― NoTimeBeforeTime, Tuesday, 1 October 2013 05:18 (eleven years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Wednesday, 2 October 2013 00:01 (eleven years ago)

CLEVELAND -- Of the many reasons the Indians won an AL wild-card spot with a stunning September surge, manager Terry Francona joked that it had nothing to do with his final days in Boston.
"We stayed away from chicken and beer," he cracked. "That helped."

― Andy K, Wednesday, 2 October 2013 00:51 (eleven years ago)

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/9727219/a-usual-day-unusual-life-tampa-bay-rays-manager-joe-maddon

― k3vin k., Wednesday, 2 October 2013 16:05 (eleven years ago)

Raburn (RF tonight) will make a crucial error/misjudgment and hit a crucial home run.

― Andy K, Wednesday, 2 October 2013 19:32 (eleven years ago)

DYoung v RRaburn

― peepee, Wednesday, 2 October 2013 23:06 (eleven years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Thursday, 3 October 2013 00:01 (eleven years ago)

― brownie, Thursday, 3 October 2013 00:11 (eleven years ago)

Isn't the season over, brownie?

I didn't know jackshit about Salazar til today.

― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 3 October 2013 00:17 (eleven years ago)

wow, great start for the umps

― k3vin k., Thursday, 3 October 2013 00:19 (eleven years ago)

shut up morbs!

― brownie, Thursday, 3 October 2013 00:19 (eleven years ago)

umps get it right

― brownie, Thursday, 3 October 2013 00:20 (eleven years ago)

what's up with the weird echo sounds, hate it

― brownie, Thursday, 3 October 2013 00:21 (eleven years ago)

i like Tito, but shut up dude

― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 3 October 2013 00:22 (eleven years ago)

I thought it was just my TV. Driving me nuts.

― Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 3 October 2013 00:23 (eleven years ago)

at start of year, BP Prospects Guide pegs Salazar as potential "electric #3" or great setup man

― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 3 October 2013 00:25 (eleven years ago)

what's up with the weird echo sounds, hate it

― brownie, Wednesday, October 2, 2013 8:21 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yea this is weird/awful

― johnny crunch, Thursday, 3 October 2013 00:25 (eleven years ago)

i have a much better feed tnite, but it's hard to tell here

― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 3 October 2013 00:26 (eleven years ago)

i think the echo is gone

― brownie, Thursday, 3 October 2013 00:32 (eleven years ago)

wowwww lame gotta leg out 3 there

― k3vin k., Thursday, 3 October 2013 00:35 (eleven years ago)

i'm guessin he's not a burner?

Casey Stengel always found a place on the field for as many bats as possible, so he woulda played Raburn too.

― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 3 October 2013 00:42 (eleven years ago)

good luck brownie

― mookieproof, Thursday, 3 October 2013 00:43 (eleven years ago)

― brownie, Thursday, 3 October 2013 00:44 (eleven years ago)

i-76-ish series imo

― mookieproof, Thursday, 3 October 2013 00:47 (eleven years ago)

in the stars tbh

― brownie, Thursday, 3 October 2013 00:48 (eleven years ago)

one weird trick = Masterson is in the bullpen for the whole posteseason

― brownie, Thursday, 3 October 2013 00:50 (eleven years ago)

delMON

― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 3 October 2013 00:52 (eleven years ago)

fuuuuuuccccccckkkkkkkk

― Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 3 October 2013 01:15 (eleven years ago)

Tampa Bay Rays @RaysBaseball
Delmon Young hit a go-ahead HR for #Rays and was intentionally walked in a playoff game. *Things people didn't expect to hear in 2013*

― mookieproof, Thursday, 3 October 2013 01:19 (eleven years ago)

spencer tracy coaching the rays

― brownie, Thursday, 3 October 2013 01:22 (eleven years ago)

huge dp

― johnny crunch, Thursday, 3 October 2013 01:34 (eleven years ago)

i wanted to hit just to make it interesting

― Bee OK, Thursday, 3 October 2013 01:36 (eleven years ago)

christ

― brownie, Thursday, 3 October 2013 01:37 (eleven years ago)

to a

― Bee OK, Thursday, 3 October 2013 01:43 (eleven years ago)

god. of all the douche nozzles to hit a home run

― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 3 October 2013 01:54 (eleven years ago)

a base hit would be nice right about now

― Bee OK, Thursday, 3 October 2013 02:05 (eleven years ago)

nahhhhhh

― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 3 October 2013 02:08 (eleven years ago)

come the fuck on

― brownie, Thursday, 3 October 2013 02:11 (eleven years ago)

http://images.ftw.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Indians.jpg

pretty sure these dudes meant well, but that is p. unfortunate

― mookieproof, Thursday, 3 October 2013 02:14 (eleven years ago)

yeah

― brownie, Thursday, 3 October 2013 02:17 (eleven years ago)

damn

― Bee OK, Thursday, 3 October 2013 02:52 (eleven years ago)

With runners on base during a playoff game, Nick Swisher strikes out.

― Andy K, Thursday, 3 October 2013 02:53 (eleven years ago)

but you saw that coming with that swing on strike two

― Bee OK, Thursday, 3 October 2013 02:53 (eleven years ago)

besides racism, Tribe would likely get swept by Boston

― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 3 October 2013 02:54 (eleven years ago)

tbf it's not like boston fans are any less racist

― mookieproof, Thursday, 3 October 2013 02:56 (eleven years ago)

ouch

― Bee OK, Thursday, 3 October 2013 03:02 (eleven years ago)

I've probably seen almost every Swisher playoff at-bat. He doesn't seem to be the poised/patient hitter he is during the regular season.

xpost

― Andy K, Thursday, 3 October 2013 03:03 (eleven years ago)

Prior to tonight, Swisher had 181 postseason PAs with 46 Ks, 24 BBs. That's no good.

― Andy K, Thursday, 3 October 2013 03:08 (eleven years ago)

"I'm sure it was dropped on accident."

― Andy K, Thursday, 3 October 2013 03:15 (eleven years ago)

Looked like DeJesus said, "The fuck," annnnd then we see a couple Cleveland fans yell at him.

― Andy K, Thursday, 3 October 2013 03:19 (eleven years ago)

Ten LOB for Cleveland so far.

― NoTimeBeforeTime, Thursday, 3 October 2013 03:27 (eleven years ago)

you can't do that in the post season

― Bee OK, Thursday, 3 October 2013 03:34 (eleven years ago)

he should have had that

― Bee OK, Thursday, 3 October 2013 03:35 (eleven years ago)

wd be less embarrassing if Indians' season HAD ended in August

b-b-ut mook, they cheered Ortiz when he said "This is our fucking city."

― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 3 October 2013 03:37 (eleven years ago)

100

― Bee OK, Thursday, 3 October 2013 03:47 (eleven years ago)

two sudden death games and they win both, that is sort of impressive

― Bee OK, Thursday, 3 October 2013 03:49 (eleven years ago)

Kipnis crying? Aw, man.

― Andy K, Thursday, 3 October 2013 03:50 (eleven years ago)

Two sudden death AWAY games.

― Andy K, Thursday, 3 October 2013 03:50 (eleven years ago)

Oh, wait, nm.

― Andy K, Thursday, 3 October 2013 03:50 (eleven years ago)

Yes, both away.

Time for bed.

― Andy K, Thursday, 3 October 2013 03:51 (eleven years ago)

three, almost

― mookieproof, Thursday, 3 October 2013 03:51 (eleven years ago)

who starts Friday?

― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 3 October 2013 03:52 (eleven years ago)

no rooting interest but sudden death games still way stupid

― best null wave (bnw), Thursday, 3 October 2013 03:52 (eleven years ago)

moore, on full rest, i'd imagine

― mookieproof, Thursday, 3 October 2013 03:53 (eleven years ago)

This was a sorta gradual death game, though.

― Andy K, Thursday, 3 October 2013 03:54 (eleven years ago)

sudden death games still way stupid

yeah

but is it worse than nothing? i guess it seems bad because we're used to one wild card getting a full share, but still

― mookieproof, Thursday, 3 October 2013 03:58 (eleven years ago)

ESPN Stats & Info @ESPNStatsInfo
Delmon Young now has the game-winning RBI in each of his team's last 5 postseason wins.

― mookieproof, Thursday, 3 October 2013 04:00 (eleven years ago)

yeah i know it's different for MLB but i sort of like it because these teams didn't win their division.

― Bee OK, Thursday, 3 October 2013 04:01 (eleven years ago)

i keep thinking they should make it 2 out of 3 but god i don't really want more october baseball

― ^^ post obviously honoring and supporting Qualcomm (zachlyon), Thursday, 3 October 2013 04:01 (eleven years ago)

no, it's not stupid. October never proved who the best team was.

― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 3 October 2013 04:03 (eleven years ago)

oh well. congrats to the rays and their fans. i'm still happy with our season anyway. love tito, love chris antonetti, hope we can get a power hitter or two in the offseason, but whatever happens i'm sure the attendance will be better next year. the future looks bright!

― Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 3 October 2013 04:04 (eleven years ago)

the indians are God's team

― i wanna be a gabbneb baby (Hungry4Ass), Thursday, 3 October 2013 04:04 (eleven years ago)

having one wild card seems more fair to me -- and often enough that team would have won a different division -- but yeah, win your division + ~~everyone~~ television loves sudden death

― mookieproof, Thursday, 3 October 2013 04:05 (eleven years ago)

TBS is embarrassing

― ^^ post obviously honoring and supporting Qualcomm (zachlyon), Thursday, 3 October 2013 04:19 (eleven years ago)

i sort of like the new guys viewpoint

― Bee OK, Thursday, 3 October 2013 04:24 (eleven years ago)

and really like Keith Olbermann as host. never knew he was a baseball fan.

you are right about the rest however.

― Bee OK, Thursday, 3 October 2013 04:26 (eleven years ago)

yeah pedro's gr8

― ^^ post obviously honoring and supporting Qualcomm (zachlyon), Thursday, 3 October 2013 04:26 (eleven years ago)

and really like Keith Olbermann as host. never knew he was a baseball fan.

hmmmmmmmmmm

― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 3 October 2013 04:31 (eleven years ago)

lol i was too young and disinterested at the time but i'm sad that there are people who think of olbermann as primarily not a sportscaster

― ^^ post obviously honoring and supporting Qualcomm (zachlyon), Thursday, 3 October 2013 04:32 (eleven years ago)

http://cdn2.mocksession.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/OLBERMANN-EATS-CLEVELAND.gif

― mookieproof, Thursday, 3 October 2013 05:52 (eleven years ago)

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