Baseball

[GoCubsGo]

https://twitter.com/MLBONFOX/status/1712284305677045972

I guess I want the Rangers over the Cheatin' Astros, but not by much.

Same.

[GoCubsGo]

Yuck.

[Vrede too]

Yuck.

https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/1 ... 4607420489

Ain't that ?
Emotional bettors -
Bookies -

[GoCubsGo]

Yuck.

https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/1 ... 4607420489

Ain't that ?
Emotional bettors -
Bookies -

If it was football we'd probably be cheering.

[Vrede too]

Yuck.

https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/1 ... 4607420489

Ain't that ?
Emotional bettors -
Bookies -

If it was football we'd probably be cheering.

Because our teams are sucky to mediocre?

[GoCubsGo]

Yuck.

https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/1 ... 4607420489

Ain't that ?
Emotional bettors -
Bookies -

If it was football we'd probably be cheering.

Because our teams are sucky to mediocre?

that and we tend to root for the underdog.

[GoCubsGo]

Pretty cool.

[Vrede too]

Phew! Top of 7th Craig Kimbrel loads the bases with 3 consecutive walks, looong fly to center, nicely shagged by Rojas for out 3, still 3-1 Phillies

[GoCubsGo]

Phew! Top of 7th Craig Kimbrel loads the bases with 3 consecutive walks, looong fly to center, nicely shagged by Rojas for out 3, still 3-1 Phillies

Phew!

[Vrede too]

Texas has been streaky all year, guess they're on a roll, plus baseball playoffs are notoriously fickle. Condolences.

Go Phillies (ex Cub factor)!

Plus the thought of a Texas-Houston/Dback World Series is a major bummer.

Bye-bye, best team in baseball, 1-3 game 1-3 series.

I don't really have a favorite between AZ and the Phillies, but I'll root for the Phillies on behalf of you and O Really. I definitely want either team to beat either Texas team.

[GoCubsGo]

This is why we like the Phillies!

[GoCubsGo]

Rangers up 2-0 over Stros. yay.

Phil's win!! Yay!

[Vrede too]

Rangers up 2-0 over Stros. yay.

Phil's win!! Yay!

Damn, 90-win Texas continues its improbable sweep through the playoffs, 7-0. As much as I hate it I'm beginning to be impressed.

[GoCubsGo]

Rangers up 2-0 over Stros. yay.

Phil's win!! Yay!

Damn, 90-win Texas continues its improbable sweep through the playoffs, 7-0. As much as I hate it I'm beginning to be impressed.

Damn, Rangers sweep the 2 best teams in the AL and the 2nd best in all of MLB . Guess they're now a serious threat to win it all.

Texas has been streaky all year, guess they're on a roll, plus baseball playoffs are notoriously fickle. Condolences.

Go Phillies (ex Cub factor)!

Plus the thought of a Texas-Houston/Dback World Series is a major bummer.

So far so good.

[GoCubsGo]

And this.

[Vrede too]

So far so good.

@Phillies 6-0 at the end of 6 10-0 at the end of 7!!!!!!
Phillies leads series 2-0

[GoCubsGo]

So far so good.

@Phillies 6-0 at the end of 6 10-0 at the end of 7!!!!!!
Phillies leads series 2-0

Schwarbs is in the building.

[Vrede too]

Rangers up 2-0 over Stros. yay.

Phil's win!! Yay!

Damn, 90-win Texas continues its improbable sweep through the playoffs, 7-0. As much as I hate it I'm beginning to be impressed.

So far so good.

Aww, streak ended. They tried to come back but came up short, 2-1.

[GoCubsGo]

Guys need their own Manningcast.



https://nypost.com/2023/10/19/eagles-da ... -home-run/

[Vrede too]

Guys need their own Manningcast.

https://twitter.com/JomboyMedia/status/ ... 4567228577

https://nypost.com/2023/10/19/eagles-da ... -home-run/

Meanwhile, in AZ:

NLCS Game 3 ticket costs plummet for Diamondbacks fans

Postseason baseball recaptured the energy of Arizona fans in the first two rounds of the playoffs, but fans are down on the Diamondbacks entering Game 3 of the NL Championship Series on Thursday.

As of Thursday morning, StubHub has "entry" tickets -- or get-in-the-door prices -- for $17 at Chase Field. TickPick had tickets available for as low as $15.

As a comparison, single standing room tickets for Game 2 at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia went for more than $450 for the Phillies' victory Tuesday night.

StubHub listed two seats together for as low as $21 for Game 3 as of Thursday morning....

Ouch, that would suck to be a Diamondback and read that. Otoh, good deal that poor people can see a League Championship Series game.

Why Diamondbacks are most unlikely LCS team in MLB history

... The D-backs' résumé, for an LCS team, is wild: They won 84 games -- 10 more than they did a season ago and 32 more than in 2021. They were outscored by 15 runs this season. They were below the big-league average in both OPS+ and ERA+.

These are not the traits of a playoff winner and yet, here we are. After shocking sweeps of the Brewers in the wild-card round and the 100-win Dodgers in the division series, we have a National League Championship Series with as close to a Cinderella team as baseball has had in some time....

Let's run through the Diamondbacks' dossier one item at a time, put them into LCS historical context and combine it all into a Cinderella Rating, so we can see where Arizona stacks up....

The rest of the article is ESPN+ subscription , but I'm sure the same details are available elsewhere.

"Rescheduled concerts (Guns N' Roses), nonrefundable trips and a missed wedding: The scramble behind an unexpected MLB playoff run":
MLB playoffs 2023: Inside D-backs' scramble to change October plans

It won't kill me if Arizona continues the miracle and wins the WS.