ding dong natitude is dead

Owen Brown complaining time

"Oh booo Giants and Cardnials again that's predicable boooo."

balances out Royals/Orioles

<font color=goldenrod>Meh, I'm pretty much in that boat tbh. Not that it's predictable...just that it's tough for me to get excited about watching the only 2 NL teams to make the World Series since 2010 play over who gets to make the next one. It's not really any different than my urge to see a different AFC team get to the Super Bowl when the Steelers, Colts, and Pats were the only teams to get there for like 10 years. I guess I just like seeing new teams. But sports don't always work out that way.

All told though I don't really have anything against the Giants. And with the Cardinals, while I had hated them for 2006 I've kinda realized they do have a lot of likeable players...my only real beefs being with Wainwright and Molina. Also the fact that Joe Buck is invariably always there to call the Cardinals' big postseason triumphs doesn't help. He'll be monotone for hours but as soon as the Cardinals do something big he reaches the point of orgasm.</font>

Darn, was pulling for Mattingly

Hope the Giants make it because Hunter Pence

Josh Beckett calls it a career.

Rockies GM Dan O'Dowd resigns. Jeff Bridich takes over as GM.

Boring ass postseason

Shame the last couple of years with the Red Sox ended up being a big mess and had injury issues with the Dodgers but good career overall.

Love Josh Beckett.

I will be in the nosebleeds tomorrow night. Its supposed to rain all day/night but fun Droford Fact: Droford has been only dealt with one rain delay (5/29/09) personally in 22 years of Orioles Baseball at Camden Yards.

One of my wife's cousins apparently went to high school with Hunter Strickland

Orioles with a nice comeback at this juncture. Let's see if they can keep it up. Cruz is a boist

Royals about to win another extra innings playoff game. Wow.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>The <a href="https://twitter.com/Royals">@Royals</a> are the 1st team in Major League history to win 4 extra-inning games in single postseason.</p>&mdash; ESPN Stats &amp; Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) <a href="https://twitter.com/ESPNStatsInfo/status/520798296957538304">October 11, 2014</a></blockquote>
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Had just 1 game so far not go into extras for them.

<font color=goldenrod>The qualifying offer for this year has gone up to $15.3 million. Jesus. After the experiences of Stephen Drew and Kendrys Morales last year, I would think nearly everybody would jump at getting paid that salary for a year. Teams are going to need to decide what's more important: potential draft compensation or having to pay a fringe player $15.3 million.</font>

The current QO structure is so dumb. You're penalizing players for attempting to find long term job security abd penalizing teams in forcing them to give up draft picks while trying to better themselves. Just get rid of free agent compensation already. Is baseball the only sport to do this?

Royals taking care of business in the 9th. Seems like they don't want to do extra innings this evening.

Royals are playing pretty incredibly right now.

Really want a Giants/Royals World Series.

Travis Ishikawa. I just like saying his name.

Matt Adams is so fat.

Yes. Me too. Would be great.

Wouldn't mind either Cards or Giants vs Royals since it'd be a fun series either way. Rooting for the Royals because of their "feel good story" vibes and enjoy seeing someone new (or had a really long wait) win a title every so often.

cardinals blew the lead in the 9th on a wild pitch..

Going in Giants would take splitting the away games but losing game 2 after winning game 1 is tough. Three in SF now though.

Wong off hr for the Cardinals

Tweet progression in the 9th inning:

:D

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>THIS GAME IS TIED. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SFGiants?src=hash">#SFGiants</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OctoberTogether?src=hash">#OctoberTogether</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NLCS?src=hash">#NLCS</a></p>&mdash; Matt Fraser (@TheMattFraser9) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheMattFraser9/status/521504830611668992">October 13, 2014</a></blockquote>
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:yes:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Joe Panik might be the most poised player in the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SFGiants?src=hash">#SFGiants</a> lineup. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OctoberTogether?src=hash">#OctoberTogether</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NLCS?src=hash">#NLCS</a></p>&mdash; Matt Fraser (@TheMattFraser9) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheMattFraser9/status/521505541181292544">October 13, 2014</a></blockquote>
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:shifty:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Those 10 baserunners we stranded sure would have helped, I think. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SFGiants?src=hash">#SFGiants</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OctoberTogether?src=hash">#OctoberTogether</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NLCS?src=hash">#NLCS</a></p>&mdash; Matt Fraser (@TheMattFraser9) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheMattFraser9/status/521509122458783744">October 13, 2014</a></blockquote>
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<font color=goldenrod>Have a terrible feeling the Royals will sweep and then have to wait around for a week and a half while the Giants and Cardinals finish up their 7 game series. It'd be the 2007 Rockies all over again but with the leagues reversed.</font>

That's always the worst in the playoffs. Long breaks kill a hot team every time.

Mother Nature apparently wanted to put a damper on the Royals as the game tonight probably will be called shortly due to rain.

A's bench coach Chip Hale is your new Manager of the Arizona Diamondbacks.

i know

AJ pierzynski just mentioned Dale Torborg on Intentional Talk when asked who the most underated wrestler was. I didn't know he was currently working for the White Sox.

He has two WS rings as a Strength and Conditioning Coach Marlins (2003) and White Sox (2005)

Dodgers remove GM Ned Colletti and make him a senior advisor to the president Stan Kasten. They hire Andrew Friedman from the Rays and make him their new president of baseball ops.

I don't know if that's a fancy new title for GM?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Oh no he dint! <a href="http://t.co/RfbPL0Jta7">pic.twitter.com/RfbPL0Jta7</a></p>&mdash; Ichabod Brain (@PhilCokesBrain) <a href="https://twitter.com/PhilCokesBrain/status/522447085183193089">October 15, 2014</a></blockquote>
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love that Twitter handle

I'm ready for the start of the 2nd greatest comeback in mlb LCS history (since nothing will unseat red Sox/Yankees)

Get ready to wait a while cuz it ain't happening.

Royals are for real, fellas.