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FearlessF

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Re: 2017 MLB Thread
« Reply #14 on: August 14, 2017, 02:11:48 PM »
Quote from: ELA on August 14, 2017, 12:00:47 PM

But baseball playoffs are funny, so whoever wins the NL Central or the AL Wildcard has as good a shot as the Dodgers to win it all

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« Reply #15 on: August 16, 2017, 01:18:13 AM »
It's scary how good the Dodgers are ...  :c029:
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« Reply #16 on: August 16, 2017, 01:49:59 AM »
50 games over .500 !!!!!!
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« Reply #17 on: August 16, 2017, 07:36:42 AM »
Quote from: nuwildcat on August 16, 2017, 01:18:13 AM
It's scary how good the Dodgers are ...  :c029:
Like 2001 Mariners good?
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« Reply #18 on: August 16, 2017, 05:29:44 PM »
The Mariners have an Aussie doing color on their radio broadcast, which is more disorienting than you would think
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Re: 2017 MLB Thread
« Reply #19 on: August 16, 2017, 06:03:57 PM »
Quote from: ELA on August 16, 2017, 07:36:42 AM
Like 2001 Mariners good?

Probably not quite as good as 2001 Seattle

- LA would have to continue if not exceed its current rate of dominance to approach the 116-win realm

That said, the Dodgers have been sooooooooo much better than the rest of the league that the World Series is likely theirs to lose and if they pull what the 73-9 Warriors did 2 seasons ago, I think everyone would be stunned.

Of course, I could be wrong but I wanna say that the MLB team that has the best record during the regular season usually does not win the championship 

- squads that have clinched division titles or playoff appearances often rest players (which can lead to rust) while teams that had to be on a red-hot winning streak just to qualify for the postseason (e.g. Wildcards) can and often bite unsuspecting favorites in the ass


- case in point, that Mariner team fell to the Yankees in the ALCS
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« Reply #20 on: August 16, 2017, 06:19:42 PM »
Quote from: nuwildcat on August 16, 2017, 06:03:57 PM
Probably not quite as good as 2001 Seattle


- case in point, that Mariner team fell to the Yankees in the ALCS
That was the point.  MLB playoffs aren't the NBA playoffs
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« Reply #21 on: August 16, 2017, 09:55:06 PM »
Off memory, only 5 clubs with the best regular season record have won the World Series in the Wild Card era (since '95).
1998 Yankees
2007 Red Sox
2009 Yankees
2013 Red Sox
2016 Cubs


Losing in the WS were
1995 Indians
1999 Braves
2003 Yankees
2004 Cardinals
2013 Cardinals


11 Teams lost in the LDS, don't have me guess, what the heck, Cardinals, Angels, Nats, Phillies, Mariners, Angels again, Yankees, Yankees again, A's, Braves, Giants and the Indians I'm pretty sure in 96.
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« Reply #22 on: August 20, 2017, 03:46:22 PM »
Verlander continues to pitch well enough that it's not a bad contract, it's just a contract few teams can afford.


Question is if Houston is one of those teams.
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« Reply #23 on: August 20, 2017, 04:13:36 PM »
You think he'd make it through waivers?
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« Reply #24 on: August 20, 2017, 07:35:17 PM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on August 20, 2017, 04:13:36 PM
You think he'd make it through waivers?
Already did
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« Reply #25 on: August 21, 2017, 10:11:19 AM »
"I have only one superstition. I touch all the bases when I hit a home run."-Babe Ruth
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« Reply #26 on: August 22, 2017, 10:51:22 AM »
Interesting take on how Dave Kingman's 37 home runs in 1976 could be the most impressive mark of all time.


Plus other fun numbers


http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/20405348/73-61-37-real-home-run-record-anyway
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« Reply #27 on: August 29, 2017, 12:01:36 AM »
Royals have been shutout for 43 consecutive innings.  Longest streak since the mound was lowered.

That was a record I didn't expect to see broken ever.
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