broke his face

Josh Beckett looks like he was the kinda kid that stuck fire crackers up frogs butts.

Probably still does.

Probably does it to hookers in LA that no one will miss.

Definitely

So Boston is playing the tired cliché "we're a bunch of scrappy, wild, against the grain bunch of guys who shouldn't be there" that at least 1 team does EVERY year.

Nobody gave us a chance

team of throw-backs, real ball players. professionals.

It worked in 2004.

<font color=goldenrod>It's always nice to see the Mets sweep the Phillies away. That being said I kinda hope the Reds help keep the Mets in the bottom 10 for the protected draft pick. Last thing the Mets need is an excuse to not sign a good free agent.</font>

I hope so too, buddy.

Yanks shut down CC Sabathia for the rest of the year due to a Grade 2 hamstring strain. He only had 1 more stat left for the season with Phil Hughes now starting that game.

http://espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/stor...mstring-injury

Would not surprise me if the Jays traded Bautista this off season.

One of the craziest ways to end a game I've seen. To practically clinch a playoff spot for Pirates. Just your classic 9-8-3-2 Play at the Plate to end the game.

Amazing ending. I was less than 10 last time MY team got a champagne bath. Literally shed a tear a moment ago.

Being a Pirate Fan hasn't been the most fruitful thing the last 20 years. This year has almost made up for all of it. You weren't the only one shedding tears I'll tell you that much. Guilty here too.

Congrats, guys.

Niceeee

Silly it feels as good and looks like a World Series win. Cigars. Non stop partying. I'm loving this.

Clint hurdle: abso-BUC-n-lutely!!!!

<font color=goldenrod>And with that the 5 NL playoff teams have been decided. Now all that's left is sorting out the seeding and the NL Central winner.</font>

And 3 spots remain in the American division.

For Skippord:

http://cdn.uproxx.com/wp-content/upl...-centaur-1.jpg

Every time I see the AL WC standings and where the Yankees are I feel like Lloyd Christmas.

Your pets' heads are falling off.

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Woooo suck it Droford where ever you are.

Thank you Ryan Zimmerman for killing Greg Amsinger's buzz. Made my night.

MLB to honor Mariano Rivera with special ads being released tomorrow:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BVCG9nKCMAEpi4I.jpg

<font color=goldenrod>Yankees miss the playoffs for the 2nd time in 19 seasons.

Wonder if their plans to stay below the luxury tax threshold are about to be thrown out the window.</font>

Still hellbent on getting under it last I heard.

I see them going a touch over it.

Todd Helton's last game at Coors Field was rough to watch, both because of the fact that I love that dude and because the Red Sox beat the Rockies faces in.

Hate that champaign gets popped every other game this time of year. Clinching a playoff spot/division, winning the one game playoff and winning the divisional round are not worthy of such a celebration. Not even the lcs really. I don't get it.

On another topic, Robbie is (REPORTED FROM SOURCES) going to be asking for a 10 year, $305 million contract.

Nobody is going to pay that. Cano is great, but he's not Alex Rodriguez circa 2001.

I am tpww's Mr. Baseball. 100% correct on that one.

Yeah really. Champagne should only get popped after the World Series. For lesser events they should pour box wine all over the place.

And now for the yearly Tigers chokejob.

You shut yer face. World Series champs this year.

That previous post needed a woooooo! After World Series champs...wooooooo!

Carlos Gomez is cool.

He's from the DR so he's Caribbean Cool. He just wanted to spit in the face of McCann for not being cool.

Was thinking Boons Farm.

He re-hire Scott Boras?

I get it for the LCS, but no game before that.

someone's underestimating the Angels

Skip with another strong point.

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Don't have an issue with them doing it but agree that it doesn't make sense to celebrate all of those as if they were the same status.

Winning the division and/or LCS should be bottle worthy considering how hard it is to do both in MLB.

Ol' Buddy Boy is retiring.

He's set to leave January 2015.

MLB players gettin bottle service week2week

rofl
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Now the Selig has announced his intentions to retire, we get to listen to all the great things Bud Selig has done for baseball.

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My dad shed a tear watching Rivera last night. Felt awkward but then again there were 40+ grown men on the field doing the same thing.

Hate the Yankees but goddamn that was cool. Respect the s out of Rivera.

Marlins fire P.B.O. Larry Beinfest and his special assistant Jim Fleming.

I feel sorry to the executive who takes that job.

Mariano Rivera; That's how a ball player should want to go out.

<font color=goldenrod>Tiebreaker scenarios for the AL Wild Card spots announced.

If all three teams finish the year with the same record, Cleveland hosts Tampa Bay on Monday, September 30th. The winner of that game gets a Wild Card spot. The loser of that game plays at Texas on Tuesday, October 1st for the second Wild Card spot. The actual Wild Card game would follow that on Wednesday, October 2nd. The host team is determined as follows:

If Tampa Bay and Cleveland play, Tampa Bay hosts.
If Tampa Bay and Texas play, Texas hosts.
If Cleveland and Texas play, Cleveland hosts.

Note that this situation only happens in the event of a three way tie for both spots. If two teams tie for the second spot with the third team taking the first spot outright, the tied teams would have a one game playoff with the host determined the same as above. The winner of that game would then travel to the first Wild Card team to play the Wild Card game.</font>

Has there ever been this much fanfare for a guy going out like Rivera before? Seems really weird to me. Like yeah he's the greatest closer of all time but the constant tributes and "moments" seem like a bit much.

Can't imagine what will happen when Jeter leaves.

I was thinking Ripken Jr. had all that going for him when he hung 'em up.

Eric Wedge tells the Mariners he won't return as manager next season.

<font color=goldenrod>To be honest I can't really think of any other player who would deserve a sendoff like Rivera. He's just been ludicrously good his entire career, probably could go another few years at a high level if he really wanted to. But moreover he's always been so humble and such a huge class act. I hate the Yankees and so do a lot of people, but Rivera is the one guy there isn't a bad word to say about.

I don't even know if Jeter would get this kind of sendoff. Then again I'm not sure he's the type who would pre-announce his retirement. He'll turn 40 during next year but if he goes back to putting up Jeter-esque numbers I think he'd just keep going on a year-to-year basis and retire in the offseason when he does hang 'em up.

If he did announce retirement ahead of time I'm sure he'd get honored at each park and everything but it'd probably be more like Chipper Jones' sendoff than Rivera's. The biggest Jeter "moments" would probably come during the ASG and at Yankee Stadium, where he'd almost definitely get the same honor as Mo in having his number retired while still active.</font>

<font color=goldenrod>Speaking of honoring players - Mike Piazza goes into the Mets HOF tomorrow and it's shockingly expected to be a sellout crowd. Not bad for a meaningless Mets/Brewers game on a NFL Sunday.

But the Mets have said they still aren't retiring his number. I'll never understand why they're so stingy about this. They haven't given 31 out since Piazza left. It's clear they're never going to give it out again...so just retire it. He's the best hitter you've ever had, you dummies.</font>

Hope the Jays can sweep the Rays. I like the Rays, but I want these games to matter to the Jays

Lol the Jays won with this lineup

SS Reyes
DH Kawasaki
3rd Lawrie
RF Sierra
1B Derosa
CF Gose
2nd Goins
LF Pillar
C Thole

Only Derosa hasn't spent anytime on the DL or the minors this season

Do they have some sort of requirement for retiring numbers?


The Red Sox themselves are pretty strict with their requirements since its both 10 years played on the team and be in the MLB Hall to get a number retired.

Jays giving the Rays a shitkicking again today with only Lind, Reyes and Lawrie in their line up.

Lol 7-1 Jays now in the 5th. Goins and Pillar both hit 2 run home runs. If Tampa gets swept Tampa's 5 fans will be pissed.

Love me some Mike Piazza.

<font color=goldenrod>Nope, the Mets don't have any sort of requirement. There's a panel of like 7 people who vote on the team HOF and whether or not to retire any numbers. So far they've only retired 3 - 2 managers (Casey Stengel and Gil Hodges) and Tom Seaver. The committee has said they don't want it to get to the point where they retire one number and risk opening up Pandora's Box. That's why there are no '86 Mets numbers retired. If you retire Gary Carter's number 8, you open up talk on if 16-18 should also go up for Gooden, Hernandez, and Strawberry since all of them played such huge roles in the Mets' greatest season ever.

I'm glad they don't retire the number of every significant player ever...but I do at least think each "era" should get a number retirement. Keith Hernandez' 17 should go up as he was really the leader of the Mets through most of the '80s. Carter only spent 5 years with the Mets, but he was a co-captain so if they were to put 8 up as well I wouldn't mind. Both numbers are out of circulation anyway so it makes little sense to not officially retire them. Gooden's 16 and Strawberry's 18 don't really have much of a case, they were great but should have been HOF'ers if not for the off field problems. 17 and possibly 8 is fine to do the '80s justice.

Then you throw Piazza's 31 up for the late '90s early 00's, and from there you don't have to worry about retiring another number until 2020 Wright (who already has most of the team records and will have a HUGE lead in everything by the time he's done) retires. That would be 6 or 7 numbers retired over about 60 years. That's really not that bad.</font>

Giants lock up Hunter Pence for 5-years, $90 mil.

And not 1 fuck was given.

I thought Pence was done last year. He looked slow and old... but managed to pull himself together again. Not so sure about 5 years

Gonna miss Andy Pettitte

Andy fucking Pettitte with a CG to close it out

did he win?

Yep. Complete game.

<font color=goldenrod>Sounds like Mo getting an inning in CF isn't going to happen. Knee is bothering him, plus Houston has that hill in center field. So that means his career is officially done, he's already said he's not pitching as he wanted Thursday's game to be his last moment on the mound.

Bet he gets one final "moment" next year. I'd guess he's the odds-on favorite to toss out the first pitch on Opening Day.</font>

<font color=goldenrod>5 meaningful games today. The Indians clinch a WC berth and home field for the one game playoff with a win. An Indians loss and wins by the Rays and Rangers brings about the 3-way tie scenario mentioned on the last page. Would LOVE to see that happen as it means extra baseball.

In the NL, all eyes are on Atlanta and St. Louis. Cardinals clinch the 1 seed with a win or Braves loss. Braves win the 1 seed with a win and Cardinals loss.</font>

Love this time of year

The Pirates are playing "A" ball with their second string......


And I second Screech's comment above....I live for October baseball.

Henderson Alvarez throws a no-hitter, Marlins score on a walk off wild pitch in the bottom of the 9th to make it official.

J.P Arencibia finishes with a .194 batting average. Finished even below the .195 mark I predicted.

Indians clinch the 4th seed. 21-6 in September. With all due respect to John Farrell, Francona has to be manager of the year.

What was my total games watched this year... think it was like 5

Definitely didn't watch anything since like July

A fun/weird last day in baseball which got swept over due to me sleeping in and also watching some football

If it's any consolation, Travis d'Arnaud finished at .202. He's been banged up but I think they purposely didn't play him today to keep him over the Mendoza line.

While I'm hoping for an offensive overhaul this offseason I think d'Arnaud will be the primary catcher next year. Let him learn and bat 7th or something. Hopefully the Mets will get enough offense this offseason to justify it.

Rangers came back from the brink of collapse and force a tiebreaker game tomorrow against the Rays for the other wild card spot.

I'm down for game 163.

I'll be watching since it's unique. Go Rangers.

Insane stuff. The surviving team will have used their first and second best pitcher before the ALDS even begins in Boston.

<font color=goldenrod>So neither of my World Series teams even made the playoffs and one of them finished under .500 (Angels, had the Nationals in the NL). I only picked 2 correct division winners (Dodgers and Tigers) and 5 playoff teams overall (Braves, Reds, and I'm covered with either the Rays or Rangers).

I sure do know how to pick 'em.</font>

Fuck. Rays/Rangers "Game 163" for an A.L. Wild Card berth. But whatevs...as long as my Tigers finally bring home a fucking World Series title this year, it's all good. :cool:

This is the year of the Sox. Sorry about your damn luck.

Lol it's no consolation. Arencibia is atrocious in every way, plus he's a major whiner.

Rangers will win and go on to beat the Sux in 5 games. *bold prediction sure to be a fantasy.

He bad mouths the media if they're critical of him. He shows no class. Jays should have kept D'arnaud and somehow convinced the Mets that AJ was the right prospect.

Nelson Cruz will be active for the Rangers tonight.