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2019 Post-Season Thread

jack presley

Thread for the playoffs and October managerial sackings/hirings.

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Igotadose wrote: »

There's a good hire available for most front offices, except Red Sox: Bill James just quit

https://nypost.com/2019/10/24/analytics-giant-bill-james-quits-red-sox/

Sounds more like retired than quit and available for other front office jobs

Igotadose

There's a good hire available for most front offices, except Red Sox: Bill James just quit

https://nypost.com/2019/10/24/analytics-giant-bill-james-quits-red-sox/

circular flexing

Padres are going to hire Jayce Tingler as their manager - his big league management experience seems to be limited to being a bench coach for the Rangers.

kmart6

jack presley wrote: »

Would have been my preference for the Mets gig but not to be now. Wilpon’s probably wouldn’t have been willing to pay his salary anyway.

Don't think he would go there straight after the Yankees.

kmart6

https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/1187468523133526018?s=19

Timing.....unreal.....

jack presley

Igotadose wrote: »

Joe Girardi to be new Philadelphia Phillies manager. Good luck, Joe, tough town.
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/27917974/source-phillies-hire-ex-yankees-manager-joe-girardi

Would have been my preference for the Mets gig but not to be now. Wilpon’s probably wouldn’t have been willing to pay his salary anyway.

Igotadose

Joe Girardi to be new Philadelphia Phillies manager. Good luck, Joe, tough town.
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/27917974/source-phillies-hire-ex-yankees-manager-joe-girardi

jack presley

I’m over in South Carolina at the moment and quite surprised at how little interest there is in the WS. Ok it’s not a hotbed for Nationals or Astros fans but I was expecting more people to be watching in the bars. Some bars didn’t even have it on and were showing NBA games instead. And those that are showing it, there’s no one really into it.

I’ve enjoyed both games so far. Last night’s wasn’t a blowout until Verlander left. Up until then it was an excellent pitching duel. Can’t see the Nats losing from here. They just looked so locked in.

Igotadose

Coeus wrote: »

Yea, the history says not many teams have come back to win the WS after been 0-2 after their home game set. Apparently the Nats are unbeaten since they started wearing their Navy jerseys, I wonder what colour they will wear on Friday night.

I think only 3 teams have won the WS after losing the first 2 home games:
'85 Royals, '86 Mets, '96 Yankees.

Houston can, of course. Everyone has a chance till the last out's made. But, 3 games in DC is a tall order. In 1986, the trick was to get into Boston's bullpen, they were pretty bad.

Coeus

Yea, the history says not many teams have come back to win the WS after been 0-2 after their home game set. Apparently the Nats are unbeaten since they started wearing their Navy jerseys, I wonder what colour they will wear on Friday night.

kmart6

Didn't expect to be seeing that one-sided of a score this morning.

circular flexing

Hard to see a way back for the Astros now, but I guess stranger things have happened.

circular flexing

Nationals just about beat Cole though they had to go deep in their bullpen, will be interesting to see if they pay a price for that tomorrow.

Also re: Springer

https://twitter.com/b_outliers/status/1186865210012917765

jack presley

https://twitter.com/mikeoz/status/1185777331849158658

rebelyell99

This will hurt the Yankees,they would have felt this year was there best chance to win it.Still short a bit of pitching I feel tbh.Should be a great world series with some tasty pitching matchups,fancy the astros in 6

krustydoyle

Sick as a bus to knock after that.. Fair play to the Astros but that's gonna leave a sour taste for while

jack presley

https://twitter.com/jeffpassan/status/1185772179205558273?s=21

jack presley

What a 9th inning.

Couldn’t have timed getting up for my mid night toilet break any better

kmart6

He would want to be really struggling to go back to Edwin with the fcuk all he has been doing.

jack presley

Stanton not in the line up.

jack presley

Bullpen game tonight. So expect that to go about 4 hours then.

Coeus

Verlander throwing similar stuff tonight that he threw in short rest game v the Rays. Not quiet batting practice but hittable!

circular flexing

jack presley wrote: »

He's back in the lineup tonight. I wonder how fit he is?

Guess we'll see. Looks like Encarnacion was sacrificed which is not surprising, he has had a torrid ALCS.

jack presley

circular flexing wrote: »

Interesting article on Stanton - effectively Yankees are playing with a 24 man roster because Stanton is injured yet they don't want to take him off the roster because that would make him ineligible for the WS

https://www.mlb.com/news/giancarlo-stanton-gives-yankees-a-roster-dilemma

He's back in the lineup tonight. I wonder how fit he is?

jack presley

circular flexing wrote: »

I think the Nationals offer was pretty close to the Phillies offer, certainly the difference would not be noticeable to any person (except maybe to Scott Boras who always wants record contracts).

Quite a lot of the Nationals offer was deferred though, and deferred for a long time. He'd still be getting paid when he was 60....!!

No deferred money in the deal he signed with Philadelphia.

Now to you and me, $330m is $330m, no matter how long it takes to get but these guys don't think like us.

circular flexing

jack presley wrote: »

There's a very interesting interview with him in the Athletic. "They made their, decision, I made mine" is one of the quotes and he says he isn't jealous at all. I'm sure $330m softens the blow but that can't be true, can it?

I think the Nationals offer was pretty close to the Phillies offer, certainly the difference would not be noticeable to any person (except maybe to Scott Boras who always wants record contracts).

ShyMets

jack presley wrote: »

There's a very interesting interview with him in the Athletic. "They made their, decision, I made mine" is one of the quotes and he says he isn't jealous at all. I'm sure $330m softens the blow but that can't be true, can it?

I'm sure Bryce is only thrilled for his former team mates:)

jack presley

Doodah7 wrote: »

A penny for Bryce Harper's thoughts!!

There's a very interesting interview with him in the Athletic. "They made their, decision, I made mine" is one of the quotes and he says he isn't jealous at all. I'm sure $330m softens the blow but that can't be true, can it?

Doodah7

A penny for Bryce Harper's thoughts!!

jack presley

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Pure tribalism, but I always struggle to cheer on another NL team when the Dodgers lose.

Lets go 'Stros

I’m kind of the same but as a Mets fan I can’t support the Yankees and I still don’t like the way the Astros tanked for a few years so I’m kind of leaning Nats.

They don’t seem like an obnoxious group of players and their fan on here is a good bloke and as he is a fellow Redskins fan, he probably deserves a bit of success